Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole biosphere in 2007-2009

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2011, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Itävaara, Merja ^a   Nyyssönen, Mari ^a   Bomberg, Malin ^a   Kapanen, Anu ^a   Nousiainen, Aura ^a   Ahonen, Lasse ^b   Hultman, Jenni ^c   Paulin, Lars ^c   Auvinen, Petri ^c   Kukkonen, Ilmo T ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

(GeoRef Thesaurus AGI): deep drilling; Archaea; Bacteria; Bedrock; Biosphere; Boreholes; Finland; Ground water; Microorganisms; Outokumpu

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEDROCK; BIOSPHERE; BOREHOLE; FRACTURE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; SAMPLING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; WATER COLUMN;

FINLAND; ITA SUOMEN; OUTOKUMPU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80051902876     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Ahonen, L., Kukkonen, I., Toppi, T. , Nyyssönen, M., Bomberg, M., Nousiainen, A. & Itävaara, M. 2010. Deep Life and Gases in the Outokumpu Deep Borehole: Base line Information for Nuclear Waste Disposal in Crystalline Rock. In: Smith, K. L., Kroeker, S., Uberuaga, B. & Whittle, K. R. (eds.) Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXIV (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1265, Warrendale, PA, 2010).
2. Ahonen, L., Kietäväinen, R., Kortelainen, N., Kukkonen, I. T., Pullinen, A., Toppi, T. Bomberg, M., Itävaara, M. Nousiainen, A., Nyyssönen, M. & Öster, M. 2011. Hydrogeological characteristics of the Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole. In: Kukkonen, I. T. (ed.) Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project 2003-2010. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 51 (this volume).
3. Baker, B.J, Moser, D. P., MacGregor, B. J., Fishbain, S., Wagner, M., Fry, N. K. Jackson, B., Spoelstra, N., Loos, S., Takai, K., Sherwood Lollar, B., Fredrickson, J., Balkwill, D., Onstott, T. C., Wimpee, C. F. & Stahl, D. A 2003. Related assemblages of sulphate-reducing bacteria associated with ultradeep gold mines of South Africa and deep basalt aquifers of Washington State. Environmental Microbiology 5, 267-277. (Pubitemid 36412947)
4. Blomqvist, R. 1999. Hydrogeochemistry of deep groundwaters in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield. Geological Survey of Finland, Report YST-101. 41 p.
5. Bomberg, M., Nyyssönen, M. & Itävaara, M. 2010. Quantitation and identification of methanogens and sulphate reducers in Olkiluoto groundwater. Posiva Working Report 2010-59. 55 p.
6. Garrity, G. M., Bell, J. A. & Lilburn, T. G. 2004. Taxonomic outline of the prokaryotes. In: Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Available at: http://www.bergeysoutline.com/
7. Itävaara, M., Vehkomäki, M.-L. & Nousiainen, A. 2008. Sulphate - reducing bacteria in ground water samples from Olkiluoto - analyzed by quantit ative PCR. Posiva Working Report 2008-82.
8. Itävaara, M., Nyyssönen, M., Kapanen, A., Nousiainen, A., Ahonen, L. & Kukkonen, I. 2011. Characterization of bacterial diversity down to a depth of 1500 m of the Outokumpu deep borehole. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. (in press)
9. Karr, E. A., Ng, J. M., Belchik, S. M., Sattley, W. M., Madigan, M. T. & Achenbach, L. A 2006. Biodiversity of Methanogenic and Other Archaea in the Permanently Frozen Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, 1663-1666. (Pubitemid 43271283)
10. Koizumi, Y., Takii, S. & Fukui, M. 2004. Depth-Related Change in Archaeal Comminuty Structure in a Freshwater Lake Sediment as Determined With Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of Amplified 16S rRNA Genes and Reversely Transcribed rRNA Fragments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 48, 285-292. (Pubitemid 38553971)
11. Kotelnikova, S. & Pedersen, K. 1998. Distribution And Activity Of Methanogens and Homoacetogens in Deep Granitic Aquifers at Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 26, 121-134. (Pubitemid 28271962)
12. Kukkonen, I. T. (ed.) 2009. Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project, Third International Workshop, Espoo, Finland, November 12-13, 2009, Programme and Abstracts. Geological Survey of Finland, unpublished report Q10.2/2009/61. 92 p.
13. Leloup, J., Loy A., Knab N. J., Borowski C., Wagner M. & Jørgensen, B. B. 2007. Diversity and abundance of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in the sulfate and methane zones of a marine sediment, Black Sea. Environmental Microbiology 9, 131-142. (Pubitemid 46061397)
14. Mochimaru, H., Yoshioka, H., Tamaki, H., Nakamura, K., Kaneko, N., Sakata, S., Imachi, H., Sekiguchi, Y., Uchiyama, H. & Kamagata, Y. 2007. Microbial Diversity and Methanogenic Potential in a High Temperature Natural Gas Field in Japan. Extremophiles 11, 453-461. (Pubitemid 46742128)
15. Nurmi, P. A. & Kukkonen, I. T. 1986. A new technique for sampling water and gas from deep drill holes. Can. J. Earth Sci. 23 (9), 1450-1454.
16. Nurmi, P., Kukkonen, I. & Lahermo, P. 1988. Geochemistry and origin of saline groundwaters in the Fennoscandian Shield. Applied Geochemistry, 3, 185-203.
17. Nyyssönen, M., Hultman, J., Ahonen. L., Kukkonen, I., Paulin, L., Itävaara, M. & Auvinen, P. 2010. Deep sub-surface microbial communities in deep crystalline rock of the continental crust in Outokumpu region, Finland. (in preparation)
18. Takai, K., Moser, D. P, DeFlaun, M., Onstott, T. C. & Fredrickson, J. K. 2001. Archaeal Diversity in Waters from Deep South African Gold Mines. Appl Environ Microbiol. 67(12), 5750-5760. (Pubitemid 33641014)
19. Thauer, R. K. 1998. Biochemistry of methanogenesis: a tribute to Major Stephenson. Microbiology 144, 257-260.
20. Whitman, W. B., Coleman, D. C. & Wiebe, W. J. 1998. Prokaryotes: The unseen majority. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 95, 6578-6583. (Pubitemid 28278022)