“Chemotrophic communities show a distinct Poisson distribution centered at a Ks of 0.18, whereas phototroph communities exhibit non-Poisson distributions.”
“While phototroph communities are constrained by their metabolic lifestyle to surface migrations, chemotroph communities can thrive independent of sunlight and, theoretically, access much of the YNP subsurface.”
“There was an increased incidence of Rhodobacterales on tidepool mussels, including matches with Rhodobacter and Roseobacter, an aerobic anoxygenic phototroph.”