Basin-scale variability of microbial methanol uptake in the Atlantic Ocean

Sargeant, Stephanie L.; Murrell, J. Colin; Nightingale, Philip D.; Dixon, Joanna L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5155-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5155-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5155-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

Research article

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28 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 28 Aug 2018

Basin-scale variability of microbial methanol uptake in the Atlantic Ocean

Stephanie L. Sargeant, J. Colin Murrell, Philip D. Nightingale, and Joanna L. Dixon

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Comments on Basin-scale variability...', Ludmila Chistoserdova, 08 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to LC', Joanna Dixon, 08 Mar 2018
  - RC1: 'Comments', Ludmila Chistoserdova, 08 Mar 2018
    - AC3: 'Reply to LC', Joanna Dixon, 09 Apr 2018
      - AC4: 'Reply to LC', Joanna Dixon, 24 May 2018
RC2: 'Basin-scale variability of microbial methanol uptake in the Atlantic Ocean', Steve Giovannoni, 11 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to SG', Joanna Dixon, 15 Mar 2018
- AC5: 'Reply to SG', Joanna Dixon, 24 May 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jul 2018) by Silvio Pantoja

AR by Joanna Dixon on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (04 Aug 2018) by Silvio Pantoja

AR by Joanna Dixon on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2018)

Short summary

Methanol is a climate-active gas and the most abundant oxygenated volatile organic compound in the atmosphere and seawater. This study uniquely combines methanol tracer uptake experiments with 16S rRNA pyrosequencing to show basin-wide microbial methanol uptake throughout the top 200 m of the Atlantic Ocean. These rates showed a positive correlation with the numbers of SAR11 16S rRNA gene sequences, suggesting these numerous bacteria are important sinks for methanol in seawater.