Microbial fossilization in carbonate sediments: A result of the bacterial surface involvement in dolomite precipitation

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Van Lith, Yvonne ^a   Warthmann, Rolf ^a   Vasconcelos, Crisogono ^a   McKenzie, Judith A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial fossils; Carbonates; Cell surface; Dolomite; Fossilization; Zetapotential

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DOLOMITE; FOSSILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BRAZIL; LAGOA VERMELHA; RIO DE JANEIRO;

EID: 0038702040     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00550.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Baker, P.A. and Kastner, M. (1981) Constraints on the formation of sedimentary dolomite. Science, 213, 214-216.
2. Bale, S.J., Goodman, K., Rochelle, P.A., Marchesi, J.R., Fry, J.C., Weightman, A.J. and Parkes, R.J. (1997) Desulfovibrio profounds sp. nov., a novel barophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium from deep sediment layers in the Japan Sea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 47, 515-521.
3. Buczynski, C. and Chafetz, H.S. (1991) Habit of bacterially induced precipitates of calcium carbonate and the influence of medium viscosity on mineralogy. J. Sed. Petrol., 61, 226-233.
4. Casanova, J., Bodénan, F., Négrel, P. and Azaroual, M. (1999) Microbial control on the precipitation of modern forrihydrite and carbonate deposits from the Cézallier hydrothermal springs (Massif Central, France). Sed. Geol., 126, 125-145.
5. Castanier, S., Métayer-Levrel, G.L. and Perthuisot, J.-P. (1999) Ca-carbonates precipitation and limestone genesis - the microbiogeologist point of view. Sed. Geol., 126, 9-23.
6. Chafetz, H.S. and Buczynski, C. (1992) Bacterially induced lithification of microbial mats. Palaios, 7, 277-293.
7. Chafetz, H.S. and Folk, R.L. (1984) Travertines: depositional morphology and the bacterially constructed constituents. J. Sed. Petrol., 54, 289-316.
8. Coughlin, R.T., Tonsager, S. and McGroarty, E.J. (1983) Quantitation of metal cations bound to membranes and extracted lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry, 22, 2002-2007.
9. Douglas, S. and Beveridge, T.J. (1998) Mineral formation by bacteria in natural microbial communities. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 26, 79-88.
10. Ehrlich, H.L. (1998) Geomicrobiology: Its significance for geology. Earth-Sci. Rev., 45, 45-60.
11. Folk, R.L. (1994) Interaction between bacteria, nannobacteria, and mineral precipitation in hot springs of Central Italy. Géogr. Phys. Quatern., 48, 233-246.
12. Fortin, D., Ferris, F.G. and Beveridge, T.J. (1997) Surface-mediated mineral development by bacteria. In: Geomicrobiology: Interactions between Microbes and Minerals (Eds J.F. Banfield and K.H. Nealson). Reviews in Mineralogy, pp. 161-180. The Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC.
13. Höhn, A., Tobschall, H.J. and Maddock, J.E.L. (1986) Biogeochemistry of a hypersaline lagoon east of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Sci. Total Environ., 58, 175-185.
14. Hunter, R.J. (1981) Zeta Potential in Colloid Science: Principles and Applications. Academic Press, London.
15. Kirkland, B.L., Lynch, F.L., Rahnis, M.A., Folk, R.L., Molineux, I.J. and McLean, R.J.C. (1999) Alternative origins for nannobacteria-like objects in calcite. Geology, 27, 347-350.
16. Krumbein, W.E. (1979) Photolithotrophic and chemoorganotrophic activity of bacteria and algae as related to beachrock formation and degradation (Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai). Geomicrobiol. J., 1, 139-203.
17. Morita, R.Y. (1980) Calcite precipitation by marine bacteria. Geomicrobiol. J., 1, 63-82.
18. Nadson, G.A. (1928) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der bakteriogenen Kalkablagerungen. In: Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Organ der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie (Ed. A.U.G. Thienemann), pp. 154-164. E. Schweizerbart'sche-Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.
19. Neher, J. and Rohrer, E. (1958) Dolomitbildung unter mitwirkung von Bacterien. Eclogae Geol. Helv., 51, 213-215.
20. Postgate, J.R. (1984) The Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
21. Riding, R.E. and Awramik, S.M. (2000) Microbial Sediments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 331 pp.
22. Rivadeneyra, M.A., Delgado, G., Ramos-Cormenzana, A. and Delgado, R. (1997) Precipitation of carbonates by Deleya halophila. liquid media: pedological implications in saline soils. Arid Soil Res. Rehab., 11, 35-47.
23. Rivadeneyra, M.A., Delgado, G., Ramos-Cormenzana, A. and Delgado, R. (1998) Biomineralization of carbonates by Halomonas eurihalina in solid and liquid media with different salinities: crystal formation sequence. Res. Microbiol., 149, 277-287.
24. Rivadeneyra, M.A., Delgado, G., Soriano, M., Ramos-Cormenzana, A. and Delgado, R. (2000) Precipitation of carbonates by Nesterenkonia halobia in liquid media. Chemosphere, 41, 617-624.
25. Sagemann, J., Bale, S.J., Briggs, D.E.G. and Parkes, R.J. (1999) Controls on the formation of authigenic minerals in association with decaying organic matter: an experimental approach. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 63, 1083-1095.
26. Schultze-Lam, S., Fortin, D., Davis, B.S. and Beveridge, T.J. (1996) Mineralization of bacterial surfaces. Chem. Geol., 132, 171-181.
27. Simoni, S.F., Bosma, T.N.P., Harms, H. and Zehnder, A.J.B. (2000) Bivalent cations increase both the subpopulation of adhering bacteria and their adhesion efficiency in sand columns. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34, 1011-1017.
28. Ulanovskii, I.B., Rudenko, E.K., Suprun, E.A. and Ledenev, A.V. (1980) Electrokinetic properties of sulphate-reducing bacteria. Mikrobiologiia, 49, 117-122.
29. Vasconcelos, C.O. (1994) Modern Dolomite Precipitation and Diagenesis in a Coastal Mixed Water System (Lagoa Vermelha, Brazil): A Microbial Model for Dolomite Formation under Anoxic Conditions. PhD Thesis, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich.
30. Vasconcelos, C. and McKenzie, J.A. (1997) Microbial mediation of modern dolomite precipitation and diagenesis under anoxic conditions (Lagoa Vermelha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). J. Sed. Res., 67, 378-390.
31. Vasconcelos, C., McKenzie, J.A., Bernasconi, S., Grujic, D. and Tien, A.J. (1995) Microbial mediation as a possible mechanism for natural dolomite formation at low temperatures. Nature, 377, 220-222.
32. Visscher, P.T., Reid, R.P., Bebout, B.M., Hoeft, S.E., Macintyre, I.G. and Thompson, J.A., Jr (1998) Formation of lithified micritic laminae in modern marine stromatolites (Bahamas): the role of sulfur cycling. Am. Mineral., 83, 1482-1493.
33. Warthmann, R. and Cypionka, H. (1990) Sulphate transport in Desulfobulbus propionicus and Desulfococcus multivorans. Arch. Microbiol., 154, 144-149.
34. Warthmann, R., van Lith, Y., Vasconcelos, C., McKenzie, J.A. and Karpoff, A.-M. (2000) Bacterially induced dolomite precipitation in anoxic culture experiments. Geology, 28, 1091-1094.
35. Wright, D. (1999) The role of sulphate-reducing bacteria and cyanobacteria in dolomite formation in distal ephemeral lakes of the Coorong region, South Australia. Sed. Geol., 126, 147-157.
36. Zhilina, T.N., Zavarzin, G.A., Rainey, F.A., Pikuta, E.N., Osipov, G.A. and Kostrikina, N.A. (1997) Desulfonatronovibrio hydrogenovorans General nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, sulphate-reducing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 47, 144-149.