Catalysts or contributors? Tracking bacterial mediation of early diagenesis in the marine water column

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 531-544

  Harvey, H Rodger ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Bacteria; Diagenesis; Fatty acids; Isotopes; Lipid; Preservation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC INCUBATION; DIAGENESIS; OXIC INCUBATION; PARTICULAR ORGANIC CARBON (POC); PHYTOPLANKTONS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 0031138124     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00033-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (48)

1. Abelson, P. H. and Hoering, T. C. (1961) Carbon isotope fractionation in formation of amino acids by photosynthetic organisms. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 47, 623-632.
2. Amann, R. I, Ludwig, W. and Schleifer, K.-H. (1995) Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation. Microbiol. Rev. Mar. 59, 143-169.
3. Azam, F., Fenchel, T., Field, J. G., Gray, J. S., Meyer-Reil, L. A. and Thingstad, F. (1983) The ecological role of water-column microbes in the sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10, 257-263.
4. Ballentine, D. C., Macko, S. A., Turekian, V. C., Gilhooly, W. P. and Martincigh, B. (1996) Compound specific isotope analysis of fatty acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aerosols: implications for biomass burning. Org. Geochem. 25, 97-104.
5. Bratback, G. (1987) Carbon flow in an experimental microbial ecosystem. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 36, 267-276.
6. Canuel, E. A. and Martens, C. S. (1996) Reactivity of recently deposited organic matter: degradation of lipid compounds near the sediment-water interface. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60, 1793-1806.
7. Cowie, G. L. (1990) Marine organic diagenesis: a comparative study of amino acids, neutral sugars and lignin. Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington.
8. Cowie, G. L. and Hedges, J. I. (1994) Biochemical indicators of diagenetic alteration in natural organic matter mixtures. Nature 369, 304-307.
9. Cranwell, P. A. (1991) Paleolimnological studies: using sequential lipid extraction from recent lacustrine sediment: recognition of source organisms from biomarkers. Hydrobiologia 214, 293-303.
10. Deming, J. W. and Baross, J. A. (1993) The early diagenesis of organic matter: bacterial activity. In Organic Geochemistry, Principles and Applications (Edited by Engel, M. H. and Macko, S. A.), pp. 119-144. Plenum Press, New York.
11. Dunstan, G. A., Volkman, J. K., Barrett, S. M., Leroi, J. M. and Jeffrey, S. W. (1994) Essential polyunsaturated fatty acids from 14 species of diatom (Bacillariophyceae). Phytochem. 1, 155-161.
12. Ederington, M. E., McManus, G. B. and Harvey, H. R. (1995) Trophic transfer of fatty acids, sterols and a triterpenoid alcohol between bacteria, a ciliate, and the copepod Acartia tonsa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40, 860-867.
13. Emerson, S. and Hedges, J. I. (1988) Processes controlling the organic carbon content of open ocean sediments. Paleoceanogr. 3, 621-634.
14. Fabiano, M. and Danovaro, R. (1994) Composition of organic matter in sediments facing a river estuary (Tyrrhenian Sea): relationships with bacteria and microphytobenthic biomass. Hydrobiologia 277, 71-84.
15. Findlay, R. H. and Dobbs, F. C. (1993) Quantitative description of microbial communities using lipid analysis. In Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology (Edited by Kemp, P. F., Sherr, B. F., Sherr, E. B. and Cole, J. J.), pp. 271-284. Lewis Publishers.
16. Findlay, R. H., King, G. M. and Watling, L. (1989) Efficacy of phospholipid analysis in determining microbial biomass in sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55, 2888-2893.
17. Fry, J. C. (1990) Direct methods and biomass estimation. In Techniques in Microbial Ecology (Methods in Microbiology, 22) (Edited by Grigorova, R. and Norris, J. R.), pp. 41-85. Academic Press, New York.
18. Gillan, F. T., Johns, R. B., Verheyen, T. V., Volkman, J. K. and Bavor, H. J. (1981) Trans-monounsaturated acids in a marine bacterial isolate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41, 849-856.
19. Goossens, H., Duren, R. R., De Leeuw, J. W. and Schenck, P. A. (1989) Lipids and their mode of occurrence in bacteria and sediments, II. Lipids in the sediment of a stratified, freshwater lake. Org. Geochem. 74, 27-41.
20. Guckert, J. B., Hood, M. A. and White, D. C. (1987) Phospholipid ester-linked fatty acid profile changes during nutrient deprivation of Vibrio chloerae: increases in the trans/cis ratio and proportions of cyclopropyl fatty acids. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 52, 794-801.
21. Guillard, R. L. (1972) The culture of phytoplankton for feeding marine invertebrates. In The Culture of Marine Invertebrates Animals (Edited by Smith, W. L. and Chaney, M. H.), pp. 29-60. Plenum Press, New York.
22. Haddad, R. I., Martens, C. S. and Farrington, J. W. (1992) Quantifying early diagenesis of fatty acids in a rapidly accumulating coastal marine sediment. Org. Geochem. 19, 205-216.
23. Harvey, H. R., Fallon, R. D. and Patton, J. S. (1986) The effect of organic matter and oxygen on the degradation of bacterial membrane lipids in marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50, 795-804.
24. Harvey, H. R. and Macko, S. A. (1997) Kinetics of phytoplankton decay during simulated sedimentation: changes in lipids under oxic and anoxic conditions. Organic Geochemistry, in press.
25. Harvey, H. R. and McManus, G. B. (1991) Marine ciliates as a widespread source of tetrahymanol and hopan-3βol in sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55, 3387-3390.
26. Harvey, H. R., Tuttle, J. H. and Bell, J. T. (1995) Kinetics of phytoplankton decay during simulated sedimentation: changes in biochemical composition and microbial activity under oxic and anoxic conditions. Geochem. Cosmochim Acta 59, 3367-3377.
27. 14-C labelled organic substances in marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 31, 765-778.
28. Kaneda, T. (1991) Iso-and anteiso-fatty acids in bacteria: biosynthesis, function, and taxonomic significance. Microbiol. 55, 288-302.
29. Lee, S. and Furham, J. A. (1987) Relationships between biovolume and biomass of naturally derived marine bacterioplankton. Appl. Environ. Microbiol 53, 1298-1303.
30. Lee, C. (1992) Controls on organic carbon preservation: the use of stratified water bodies to compare intrinsic rates of decomposition in oxic and anoxic systems. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56, 3323-3335.
31. Macko, S. A., Estep, M. L. F., Hare, P. E. and Hoering, T. C. (1987) Isotopic fractionation of nitrogen and carbon in the synthesis of amino acids by microorganisms. Isotope Geoscience 65, 79-92.
32. McCaffrey, M. A., Farrington, J. W. and Repeta, D. J. (1989) Geochemical implications of the lipid composition of Thioploca spp. from the Peru upwelling region -15°S. Org. Geochem. 1, 61-68.
33. Nagata, T. and Watanabe, Y. (1990) Carbon-and nitrogen-to-volume ratios of bacterioplankton grown under different nutritional conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56, 1303-1309.
34. Newell, R. C., Lucas, M. I. and Linley, E. A. S. (1981) Rate of degradation and efficiency of conversion of phytoplankton debris by marine microorganisms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 6, 123-136.
35. Newell, R. C. and Linley, E. A. S. (1984) Significance of microheterotrophs in the decomposition of phytoplankton: estimates of carbon and nitrogen flow based on the biomass of plankton communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 16, 105-119.
36. Parkes, R. J. and Taylor, A. (1983) The relationship between fatty acid distributions and bacterial respiratory types in contemporary marine sediments. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 16, 173-189.
37. Perry, G. J., Volkman, J. K. and Johns, R. B. (1979) Fatty acids of bacterial origin in contemporary marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 43, 1715-1725.
38. Peulve, S., De Leeuw, J. W., Sicre, M.-A., Baas, M. and Saliot, A. (1996) Characterization of macromolecular organic matter in sediment traps from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 60, 1239-1359.
39. Ratledge, C. and Wilkinson, S. G. (eds) (1989) Microbial Lipids, Vol. 1. Academic Press, New York.
40. Shiea, J., Brassell, S. C. and Ward, D. M. (1991) Comparative analysis of extractable lipids in hot spring microbial mats and their component photosynthetic bacteria. Org. Geochem. 3, 309-319.
41. Simoneit, B. R. T., Cardoso, J. N. and Robinson, N. (1991) An assessment of terrestrial higher molecular weight lipid compounds in aerosol paniculate matter over the South Atlantic from about 30-70°S. Chemosphere 23, 447-465.
42. Spooner, N., Harvey, H. R., Pearce, G. E. S., Eckardt, C. B. and Maxwell, J. R. (1994) Biological defunctionalisation of chlorophyll in the aquatic environment II: action of endogenous algal enzymes and aerobic bacteria. Org. Geochem. 22, 773-780.
43. Taylor, J. and Parkes, R. J. (1985) Identifying different populations of sulphate-reducing bacteria within marine sediment systems, using fatty acid biomarkers. J. Gen. Microbiol. 131, 631-642.
44. Viso, A.-C. and Marty, J.-C. (1993) Fatty acids from 28 marine microalgae. Phytochem. 6, 1521-1533.
45. Wakeham, S. G. and Lee, C. (1989) Organic geochemistry of particulate matter in the ocean: The role of particles in oceanic sedimentary cycles. Org. Geochem. 14, 83-96.
46. Wakeham, S. G. and Beier, J. A. (1991) Fatty acid and sterol biomarkers as indicators of particulate matter source and alteration processes in the Black Sea. Deep Sea Res. 38, S943-S968.
47. Watson, S. W., Novitsky, T. J., Quinby, H. L. and Valois, F. W. (1977) Determination of bacterial number and biomass in the marine environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 33, 940-966.
48. Whelan, J. K. and Emeis, K.-C. (1992) Sedimentation and preservation of amino compounds and carbohydrates in marine sediments. In Organic Matter Productivity, Accumulation and Preservation in Recent and Ancient Sediments (Edited by Whelan, J. and Farrington, J.), pp. 176-200. Columbia University Press, New York.