Microbial carbon fixation in a partially submerged caldera driven by the effect of CO₂ degassing

This research was funded by the RETURN Extended Partnership funded by the European Union Next-Generation EU (National Recovery and Resilience Plan–NRRP, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3–D.D. 1243 2/8/2022, PE0000005), by the National Biodiversity Future Center (National Recovery and Resilience Plan–NRRP, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.4, CN00000033). This work was also supported by funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program Grant Agreement No. 948972—COEVOLVE—ERC-2020-STG. The authors wish to thank Guglielmo Fragale, Claudio Cipriani and the staff of the diving center Centro Sub Pozzuoli for assistance with the boat and diving operations. The authors gratefully acknowledge Francesco Guerra for granting permission to use the photographs included in this publication. We extend our sincere thanks to Ana Clara Pelliciari Silva, Jacopo Brusca, Isabel Bassolino, Francesco Montemagno, Martina Cascone, and Deborah Bastoni from the Department of Biology (University of Naples Federico II) for their valuable assistance and support during the sampling campaigns. Finally, we are extremely grateful to Prof. Cornel E.J. de Ronde and an anonymous Reviewer for their valuable comments and edits that improved the manuscript.

Authors and Affiliations

1. DiSTeM, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

   Andres Sandoval-Velasquez, Sara Claudia Diana, Marco Milazzo, Giovanni Sgubin & Alessandro Aiuppa

2. National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy

   Andres Sandoval-Velasquez, Flavia Migliaccio, Sara Claudia Diana, Marco Milazzo, Donato Giovannelli & Alessandro Aiuppa

3. Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

   Flavia Migliaccio & Donato Giovannelli

4. Osservatorio Vesuviano, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Napoli, Italy

   Stefano Caliro & Mauro A. Di Vito

5. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie (DIST), Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Napoli, Italy

   Paola de Ruggiero

6. Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Ancona, Italy

   Donato Giovannelli

7. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute for Technology, Tokyo, Japan

   Donato Giovannelli

8. Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

   Donato Giovannelli

9. Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

   Donato Giovannelli

Corresponding author

Correspondence to
Andres Sandoval-Velasquez.

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