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Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-2115 Communities on biochar and MEBs were dominated by a novel Gammaproteobacterium. Whereas there is no known macrofauna possessing the capability of chemolithotrophy, some animals such as particular tubeworms and bivalves can form symbioses with chemolithotrophs, (e.g., at cold seeps or in hydrothermal environments). Thus, mixotrophy can enable these bacteria to dominate in mixed populations when both chemolithotrophic and chemoorganotrophic nutrients are present (Gottschal et al., 1979; Kelly and Kuenen, 1984). Appl. Appl. USA 55 928934, Freitag, A., Rudert, M., Bock, E. 1987 Growth of Nitrobacter by dissimilatory nitrate reduction FEMS Microbiol. 152 3943, Nishihara, H., Igarashi, U., Kodawa, T. 1990 A new isolate of Hydrogenobacter, an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, halophilic and aerobic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium from a seaside saline hot spring Arch. 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