A new paper led by Anne Booker has just been published in mSphere. In the manuscript, Anne describes a series of experiments to demonstrate that Halanaerobium strains – which can dominate hydraulically fractured shale environments – are able to generate sulfide via the reduction of thiosulfate. The work has important implications for the hydraulic fracturing process, where sulfidogenesis is viewed as a deleterious process.
The paper is here
And an accompanying ASM blog post about the work is here
