A First Analysis of Metallome Biosignatures of Hyperthermophilic Archaea

Figure 1

Calculated metal concentrations [μg/cell] for all microorganisms from the whole cell acid digest fractions of the NM experiments. Trace metals are placed in order of decreasing concentration measured for E. coli (a). Metal concentrations for the other cells are plotted relative to the order of the E. coli (a) values. Metal abundance per cell was calculated using the analyzed whole cell concentrations and cell data reported in Table 2. E. coli aerobic Ec (a); E. coli anaerobic Ec (an); P. furiosus Pf; methanogen, M. jannaschii Mj.