Isolation and initial characterization of microorganisms from a shallow marine hydrothermal system, Vulcano (Italy)

Samples from Vulcano hydrothermal system were incubated at hot temperatures with various electron donors and acceptors in order to isolate characterize strains belonging this environment. Eighteen isolated, which three seemed belong new species according their 16S rRNA sequence. These are under phenotypic genotypic characterization. Cultivation of representative taxa an environment helps understanding ecological functions microbial groups these environments. Although cultivation often fails all prokaryotic taxa, effort still can achieve the recovery poorly characterized microorganisms.