Table 2 Potential metabolic energy yield estimated from the measured in situ physical and chemical data and the bimodal mixing model between each of the endmember hydrothermal fluids and ambient seawater.

From: Dual energy metabolism of the Campylobacterota endosymbiont in the chemosynthetic snail Alviniconcha marisindica

 

Calculated temperature range (°C)

H2-trophy colony water (J/kg)

H2S-trophy colony water (J/kg)

Kairei field

 A. marisindica (kAlv) colony

   Using the measured in situ data

11.9–60.0

4.4–9.4

39.2–65.0

   Using the bimodal mixing model

12–60

24.1–41.1

31.8–37.9

 C. squamiferum colony

   Using the measured in situ data

8.4–13.5

1.8–2.0

18.2–23.1

   Using the bimodal mixing model

8–13

14.3–26.4

37.7–38.4

Edmond field

 A. marisindica (eAlv) colony

   Using the measured in situ data

6.5–38.1

0.08–0.1

56.1–79.5

   Using the bimodal mixing model

6–40

0.3–2.5

33.7–36.2

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