Highly isotopically depleted isoprenoids: Molecular markers for ancient methane venting

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 23-24, 1999, Pages 3959-3966

  Thiel, Volker ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^b   Seifert, Richard ^a   Wehrung, Patrick ^c   Reitner, Joachim ^b   Michaelis, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COLD SEEP; ISOPRENOID; LIMESTONE; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; VENTING;

ITALY;

EID: 0033492570     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(99)00177-5     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Addadi L., Weiner S. Stereochemical and structural relations between macromolecules and crystals in biomineralization. Mann S., Webb J., Williiams R.J.P., Biomineralization. 1989;133-156 Weinheim (VCH).
2. Ageta H., Shiojima K., Arai Y. Acid-induced rearrangement of triterpenoid hydrocarbons belonging to the hopane and migrated hopane series. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 35:1987;2705-2716.
3. Aharon P., Gupta B.K.S. Bathymetric reconstructions of the Miocene-age "calcari a Lucina" (Northern Apennines, Italy) from oxygen isotopes and benthic Foraminifera. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;219-230.
4. Alperin M.J., Reeburgh W.S. Inhibition experiments on anaerobic methane oxidation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 50:1985;940-945.
5. Beauchamp B., Krouse H.R., Harrison J.C., Nassichuk W.W., Eliuk L.S. Cretaceous cold seep communities and methane-derived carbonates in the Canadian Arctic. Science. 244:1989;53-56.
6. Bian L. (1994) Isotopic biogeochemistry of individual compounds in a modern coastal marine sediment (Kattegat, Denmark and Sweden). M.Sc. thesis. Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. Indiana.
7. Blair N.E., Aller R.C. Anaerobic methane oxidation on the Amazon shelf. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 59:1995;3707-3715.
8. Boon J.J., de Leeuw J.W., Hoeck V.G., Vosjan J.H. The significance of taxonomical value of iso- and anteiso-monoenic fatty acids and branched β-hydroxy acids in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. J. Bacteriol. 129:1977;1183-1191.
9. Brassell S.C., Wardroper A.M.K., Thomson I.D., Maxwell J.R., Eglinton G. Specific acyclic isoprenoids as biological markers of methanogenic bacteria in marine sediments. Nature. 290:1981;693-696.
10. Campbell K. A., Carson C., and Bottjer D. J. (1993) Fossil cold seep limestones and associated chemosynthetic macroinvertebrate faunas, Jurassic-Cretaceous Great Valley Group, California. In Advances in the Sedimentary Geology of the Great Valley Group, Sacramento Valley, California (eds. S. A. Graham and D. R. Lowe), Vol. 73, pp. 37-50. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section.
11. Cavanaugh C.M., Levering R.R., Maki J.S., Mitchell R., Lidstrom M.E. Symbiosis of methylotrophic bacteria and deep-sea mussels. Nature. 325:1987;346-348.
12. Chappe B., Albrecht P., Michaelis W. Polar lipids of archaebacteria in sediments and petroleum. Science. 217:1982;65-66.
13. Clari P., Gagiardi C., Governa M.E., Ricci B., Zuppi G.M. I calcari de Marmorito Una testimonianza di processi diagenetici in presenza di metano . Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino. 6:1988;197-216.
14. Clari P., Fornara L., Ricci B., Zuppi G.M. Methane-derived carbonates and chemosymbiotic communities of Piedmont (Miocene, Northern Italy). An update. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;201-209.
15. Cohen Z., Vonshak A. Fatty acid composition of Spirulina and Spirulina-like cyanobacteria in relation to their chemotaxonomy. Phytochemistry. 30:1991;205-206.
16. Dando P.R., Austen M.C., Burke R.A., Kendall M.A., Kennicutt M.C. II, Judd A.G., Moore D.C., Schmaljohann R., Southward A.J. Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 70:1991;49-63.
17. Dowling N.J.E., Widdel F., White D.C. Phospholipid ester-linked fatty acid biomarkers of acetate-oxidizing sulfate reducers and other sulfide-forming bacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 132:1986;1815-1825.
18. Edlund A., Nichols P.D., Roffey R., White D.C. Extractable and lipopolysaccharide fatty acid and hydroxy acid profiles from Desulfovibrio species. J. Lipid Res. 26:1985;982-988.
19. Farrimond P., Telnaes N. Three series of rearranged hopanes in Toarcian sediments (Northern Italy). Org. Geochem. 25:1996;165-177.
20. Gaillard C., Rio M., Rolin Y. Fossil chemosynthetic communities related to vents or seeps in sedimentary basins The pseudobioherms of southeastern France compared to other world examples . Palaios. 7:1992;451-465.
21. 25 regular isoprenoids in halite-rich deposits from the Sdom Formation, Dead Sea Basin, Israel. Org. Geochem. 28:1998;349-359.
22. Hahn J. Geochemical fossils of a possibly archaebacterial origin in ancient sediments. Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig. C. 3:1982;40-52.
23. 14C-carbon monoxide. Mar. Geol. 137:1997;13-23.
24. Hoehler T., Alperin M.J., Albert D.B., Martens C. Field and laboratory studies of methane oxidation in an anoxic marine sediment Evidence for a methanogen-sulfate reducer consortium . Global Biogeochem. Cycles. 8:1994;451-463.
25. Holzer G., Oro J., Tornabene T.G. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of neutral lipids from methanogenic and thermoacidophilic bacteria. J. Chromatogr. 186:1979;795-809.
26. Jørgensen N.O. Holocene methane-derived, dolomite cemented sandstone pillars from the Kattegat, Denmark. Mar. Geol. 88:1989;71-81.
27. Kaneda T. Iso- and anteiso-fatty acids in bacteria Biosynthesis, function, and taxonomic significance . Microbiol. Rev. 55:1991;288-302.
28. Kelly S.R.A., Ditchfield P.W., Doubleday P.A., Marshall J.D. An Upper Jurassic methane-seep limestone from the fossil Bluff Group forearc basin of Alexander Island, Antartica. J. Sed. Res. 65:1995;274-282.
29. Kennicutt M.C. II, Brooks J.M., Bidigare R.R., Fay R.R., Wade T.L., MacDonald T.J. Vent-type taxa in a hydrocarbon seep region on the Louisiana slope. Nature. 317:1985;351-353.
30. Kulm L.D., Suess E., Moore J.C., Carson B., Lewis B.T., Ritger S.D., Kadko D.C., Thornburg T.M., Embley R.W., Rugh W.D., Massoth G.J., Langseth M.G., Cochrane G.R., Scamman R.L. Oregon subduction zone Venting fauna and carbonates . Science. 231:1986;561-566.
31. Langworthy T.A. Lipids of archaebacteria. Woese C.R., Wolfe R.S., The Bacteria. A Treatise on Structure and Function. VIII Archaebacteria . 1985;459-497 Academic Press.
32. La Rock P.A., Hyun J.H., Bennison B.W. Bacterioplankton growth and production at the Louisiana hydrocarbon seeps. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;104-109.
33. Martens C.S., Klump J.V. Biogeochemical cycling in an organic-rich coastal marine basin. 1. Methane sediment-water exchange processes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 44:1980;471-490.
34. McCarthy E. D. (1967) A treatise in organic geochemistry. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. California.
35. Michaelis W., Albrecht P. Molecular fossils of archaebacteria in kerogen. Naturwissenschaften. 66:1979;420-421.
36. Mitterer R. M. and Cunningham R. (1985) The interaction of natural organic matter with grain surfaces: Implications for calcium carbonate precipitation. In: Carbonate Cements (eds. N. Schneidermann and P. M. Harris), Vol. 36, pp. 17-31. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineralog. Spec. Publ.
37. Moldowan J.M., Fago F.J., Carlson R.M.K., Young D.C., van Duyne G., Clardy J., Schoell M., Pillinger C., Watt D.S. Rearranged hopanes in sediments and petroleum. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 55:1991;3333-3353.
38. Paull C.K., Hecker B., Commeau R., Freeman-Lynde R.P., Neumann A.C., Corso W.P., Golubic S., Hook J., Sikes E., Curray J. Biological communities at Florida Escarpment resemble hydrothermal vent communities. Science. 226:1984;965-967.
39. Rajendran N., Suwa Y., Urushigawa Y. Distribution of phospholipid-linked fatty acid biomarkers for bacteria in the sediment of Ise Bay, Japan. Mar. Chem. 42:1992;39-56.
40. Reeburgh W.S. Anaerobic methane oxidation Rate depth distributions in Skan Bay sediments . Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 47:1980;345-352.
41. Reitner J. Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)Formation and Concepts. Facies. 29:1993;3-40.
42. Ricci Lucchi F., Vai G.B. A stratigraphic and tectonofacies framework of the "calcari a Lucina" in the Apennine Chain, Italy. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;210-218.
43. Risatti J.B., Rowland S.J., Yon D.A., Maxwell J.R. Stereochemical studies of acyclic isoprenoids. XII. Lipids of methanogenic bacteria and possible contributions to sediments. Org. Geochem. 6:1984;93-104.
44. Ritger S., Carson B., Suess E. Methane-derived authigenic carbonates formed by subduction-induced pore-water expulsion along the Oregon/Washington margin. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 98:1987;147-156.
45. Roberts H.H., Aharon P., Walsh M.M. Cold-seep carbonates of the Louisiana continental slope-to-basin floor. Rezak R., Lavoie D.L., Carbonate Microfabrics. 1993;95-104 Springer-Verlag.
46. Robson J.N., Rowland S.J. Synthesis, chromatographic and spectral characterisation of 2,6,11,15-tetramethylhexadecane (crocetane) and 2,6,9,13-tetramethyltetradecane Reference acyclic isoprenoids for geochemical studies . Org. Geochem. 20:1993;1093-1098.
47. Rohmer M., Bouvier-Nave P., Ourisson G. Distribution of hopanoid triterpenes in pokaryotes. J. Gen. Microbiol. 130:1984;1137-1150.
48. Sassen R., Poberts H.H., Aharon P., Larkin J., Chinn E.W., Carney R. Chemosynthetic bacterial mats at cold hydrocarbon seeps, Gulf of Mexico continetal slope. Org. Geochem. 20:1993;77-89.
49. Sassen R., MacDonald I.R., Requejo A.G., Guinasso N.L. Jr, Kennicutt M.C. II, Sweet S.T., Brooks J.M. Organic geochemistry of sediments from chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico slope. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;110-119.
50. Schaeffer P. (1993) Marqueurs biologique de milieux evaporitiques. Ph.D. thesis. Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.
51. Schouten S., van der Maarel J.E.C., Huber R., Sinninghe Damsté J.S. 2,6,10,15,19-Pentamethylicosenes in Methanolobus bombayensis, a marine methanogenic archaeon, and in Methanosarcina mazei. Org. Geochem. 26:1997;409-414.
52. 2 in pore fluids expelled from the Oregon subduction zone. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimato. Palaeoecol. 71:1989;119-136.
53. Summons R.E., Jahnke L.L., Roksandic Z. Carbon isotopic fractionation in lipids from methanotrophic bacteria Relevance for interpretation of the geochemical record of biomarkers . Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 58:1994;2853-2863.
54. Summons R.E., Franzmann P.D., Nichols P.D. Carbon isotopic fractionation associated with methylotrophic methanogenesis. Org. Geochem. 28:1998;465-475.
55. Terzi C., Aharon P., Ricci Lucchi F., Vai B.G. Petrography and stable isotope aspects of cold-vent activity imprinted on Miocene-age "calcari a Lucina" from Tuscan and Romagna Apennines, Italy. Geo-Mar. Lett. 14:1994;177-184.
56. Tornabene T.G., Langworthy T.A., Holzer G., Oro J. Squalenes, phytanes and other isoprenoids as major neutral lipids of methanogenic and thermoacidophilic archaebactera. J. Mol. Evol. 13:1979;73-83.
57. Volkman J.K., Allen D.I., Stevenson P.L., Burton H.R. Bacterial and algal hydrocarbons from a saline Antarctic lake, Ace Lake. Org. Geochem. 10:1986;671-681.
58. von Bitter P.H., Scott S.D., Schenk P. Early Carboniferous low-temperature hydrothermal vent communities from Newfoundland. Nature. 344:1990;145-148.
59. Wakeham S.G. Algal and bacterial hydrocarbons in particulate matter and interfacial sediment of the Cariaco Trench. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 54:1990;1325-1336.
60. 2 reduction vs. acetate fermentation-isotope evidence. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 50:1986;693-709.
61. Zehnder A.J.B., Brock T.D. Methane formation and methane oxidation by methanogenic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 137:1979;420-432.
62. Zehnder A.J.B., Brock T.D. Anaerobic methane oxidation Occurrence and ecology . Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 39:1980;194-204.