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Microbially promoted calcite precipitation in the pelagic redoxcline: Elucidating the formation of the turbid layer

Leberecht, Kerstin M. ; Ritter, Simon M. ; Lapp, Christian J. ; Klose, Lukas ; Eschenröder, Julian ; Scholz, Christian ; Kühnel, Sebastian ; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ; Kletzin, Arnulf ; Isenbeck-Schröter, Margot ; Gescher, Johannes (2022)
Microbially promoted calcite precipitation in the pelagic redoxcline: Elucidating the formation of the turbid layer.
In: Geobiology, 20 (4)
doi: 10.1111/gbi.12492
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Large bell-shaped calcite formations called "Hells Bells" were discovered underwater in the stratified cenote El Zapote on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Together with these extraordinary speleothems, divers found a white, cloudy turbid layer into which some Hells Bells partially extend. Here, we address the central question if the formation of the turbid layer could be based on microbial activity, more specifically, on microbially induced calcite precipitation. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic profiling of the microbial community in the turbid layer, which overlaps with the pelagic redoxcline in the cenote, revealed chemolithoautotrophic Hydrogenophilales and unclassified β-Proteobacteria as the metabolic key players. Bioinformatic and hydrogeochemical data suggest chemolithoautotrophic oxidation of sulfide to zero-valent sulfur catalyzed by denitrifying organisms due to oxygen deficiency. Incomplete sulfide oxidation via nitrate reduction and chemolithoautotrophy are both proton-consuming processes, which increase the pH in the redoxcline favoring authigenic calcite precipitation and may contribute to Hells Bells growth. The observed mechanism of microbially induced calcite precipitation is potentially applicable to many other stagnant sulfate-rich water bodies.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Leberecht, Kerstin M. ; Ritter, Simon M. ; Lapp, Christian J. ; Klose, Lukas ; Eschenröder, Julian ; Scholz, Christian ; Kühnel, Sebastian ; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ; Kletzin, Arnulf ; Isenbeck-Schröter, Margot ; Gescher, Johannes
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Microbially promoted calcite precipitation in the pelagic redoxcline: Elucidating the formation of the turbid layer
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 5 Mai 2022
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Geobiology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 20
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12492
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Large bell-shaped calcite formations called "Hells Bells" were discovered underwater in the stratified cenote El Zapote on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Together with these extraordinary speleothems, divers found a white, cloudy turbid layer into which some Hells Bells partially extend. Here, we address the central question if the formation of the turbid layer could be based on microbial activity, more specifically, on microbially induced calcite precipitation. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic profiling of the microbial community in the turbid layer, which overlaps with the pelagic redoxcline in the cenote, revealed chemolithoautotrophic Hydrogenophilales and unclassified β-Proteobacteria as the metabolic key players. Bioinformatic and hydrogeochemical data suggest chemolithoautotrophic oxidation of sulfide to zero-valent sulfur catalyzed by denitrifying organisms due to oxygen deficiency. Incomplete sulfide oxidation via nitrate reduction and chemolithoautotrophy are both proton-consuming processes, which increase the pH in the redoxcline favoring authigenic calcite precipitation and may contribute to Hells Bells growth. The observed mechanism of microbially induced calcite precipitation is potentially applicable to many other stagnant sulfate-rich water bodies.

ID-Nummer: pmid:35514106
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Sulfur Biochemistry and Microbial Bioenergetics
Hinterlegungsdatum: 10 Mai 2022 05:44
Letzte Änderung: 06 Okt 2022 09:22
PPN: 496066692
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