Archive of bacterial community in anhydrite crystals from a deep-sea basin provides evidence of past oil-spilling in a benthic environment in the Red Sea

Wang, Yong; Li, Tie Gang; Wang, Meng Ying; Lai, Qi Liang; Li, Jiang Tao; Gao, Zhao Ming; Shao, Zong Ze; Qian, Pei-Yuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6405-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6405-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6405-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 23

Research article

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30 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 30 Nov 2016

Archive of bacterial community in anhydrite crystals from a deep-sea basin provides evidence of past oil-spilling in a benthic environment in the Red Sea

Yong Wang, Tie Gang Li, Meng Ying Wang, Qi Liang Lai, Jiang Tao Li, Zhao Ming Gao, Zong Ze Shao, and Pei-Yuan Qian

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Malin Bomberg, 19 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of Wang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Yong Wang, 29 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'new file', Yong Wang, 29 Sep 2016
AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Yong Wang, 29 Sep 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Oct 2016) by Tina Treude

AR by Yong Wang on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Oct 2016) by Tina Treude

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Oct 2016)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Oct 2016) by Tina Treude

AR by Yong Wang on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Nov 2016) by Tina Treude

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Nov 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Nov 2016) by Tina Treude

AR by Yong Wang on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

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Mild eruption of hydrothermal solutions on deep-sea benthic floor can produce anhydrite crystal layers, where microbes are trapped and preserved for a long period of time. These embedded original inhabitants will be biomarkers for the environment when the hydrothermal eruption occurred. This study discovered a thick anhydrite layer in a deep-sea brine pool in the Red Sea. Oil-degrading bacteria were revealed in the crystals with genomic and microscopic evidence.