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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3165-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3165-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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23 Aug 2019
Research article |
| 23 Aug 2019
| 23 Aug 2019
Evidence for microbial iron reduction in the methanic sediments of the oligotrophic southeastern Mediterranean continental shelf
Hanni Vigderovich
The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
Lewen Liang
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
Barak Herut
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, 3108000, Israel
Fengping Wang
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
Eyal Wurgaft
The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
The Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,
Woods-Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods-Hole, MA, USA
Maxim Rubin-Blum
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, 3108000, Israel
Orit Sivan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Metal-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane and the Sturtian deglaciation J. Hu et al.
- Enhanced methanogenesis in acidic fen peatlands via ferrihydrite reduction-driven microbial metabolisms H. Wang et al.
- Iron-Coupled Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Marine Sediments: A Review H. Yang et al.
- Physiological limits to life in anoxic subseafloor sediment W. Orsi et al.
- Fluxes and processes responsible for elevated Ba in pore-water of the south-eastern Mediterranean shelf M. Danish et al.
- Modeling the controls on microbial iron and manganese reduction in methanic sediments R. Neumann Wallheimer et al.
- Metagenomic insights into the metabolism of microbial communities that mediate iron and methane cycling in Lake Kinneret iron-rich methanic sediments M. Elul et al.
- Mechanistic insight into the inhibition of microbial methanogenesis by Fe(III)-bearing clay minerals S. Yang et al.
- Diagenetic analysis of shallow and deep-seated gas hydrate systems from the Bay of Bengal V. Gaikwad et al.
- Iron oxides impact sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane in diffusion-dominated marine sediments O. Yorshansky et al.
- Niche Differentiation of Sulfate- and Iron-Dependent Anaerobic Methane Oxidation and Methylotrophic Methanogenesis in Deep Sea Methane Seeps H. Li et al.
- The reduction of environmentally abundant iron oxides by the methanogen Methanosarcina barkeri E. Eliani-Russak et al.
- Subsurface thermogenic methane source and impact on pore-fluid biogeochemistry in shallow shelf sediments off the West Coast of India K. Sivan et al.
- Effects of postglacial seawater intrusion on sediment geochemical characteristics in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea L. Ruffine et al.
- Significance of anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in mitigating methane emission from major natural and anthropogenic sources: a review of AOM rates in recent publications Y. Gao et al.
- Mechanism of silicate elution by hydrogen sulfide from bottom sediment in a brackish lake J. Park et al.
- Exploratory Assessment of Iron- and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Sediments Co-Contaminated with Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons G. Johnston et al.
- Small Breweries, Large Footprints? Environmental Implications of Brewing Waste D. Bjedov et al.
- Iron (oxyhydr)oxides shift the methanogenic community in deep sea methanic sediment - insights from long-term high-pressure incubations L. Liang et al.
- Methanogen Productivity and Microbial Community Composition Varies With Iron Oxide Mineralogy H. Gadol et al.
- Methanococcoides orientis sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from sediment of the East China Sea L. Liang et al.
- Genesis and preservation of authigenic magnetite and greigite in the cold seep sediments, Bay of Bengal F. Badesab et al.
- Long-term incubations provide insight into the mechanisms of anaerobic oxidation of methane in methanogenic lake sediments H. Vigderovich et al.
- Inhibition of methanogenesis through redox processes in oil sands tailings A. Kuznetsova et al.
- Role of Fe and Mn in organo–mineral–microbe interactions: evidence of carbon stabilization and transformation of organic matter leading to carbon greenhouse gas emissions A. Laloo et al.
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Microbial iron reduction participates in important biogeochemical cycles. In the last decade iron reduction has been observed in many aquatic sediments below its classical zone, in the methane production zone, suggesting a link between the two cycles. Here we present evidence for microbial iron reduction in the methanogenic depth of the oligotrophic SE Mediterranean continental shelf using mainly geochemical and microbial sedimentary profiles and suggest possible mechanisms for this process.
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