Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-317-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-317-2020
Research article
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22 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 22 Jan 2020

Structural elucidation and environmental distributions of butanetriol and pentanetriol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (BDGTs and PDGTs)

Sarah Coffinet, Travis B. Meador, Lukas Mühlena, Kevin W. Becker, Jan Schröder, Qing-Zeng Zhu, Julius S. Lipp, Verena B. Heuer, Matthew P. Crump, and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (24 Oct 2019) by Marcel van der Meer
AR by Sarah Coffinet on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Nov 2019) by Marcel van der Meer
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Nov 2019)
RR by Darci Rush (27 Nov 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Nov 2019) by Marcel van der Meer
AR by Sarah Coffinet on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (05 Dec 2019) by Marcel van der Meer
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This study deals with two membrane lipids called BDGTs and PDGTs. Membrane lipids are molecules forming the cell envelope of all organisms. Different organisms produce different lipids thus they can be used to detect the presence of specific organisms in the environment. We analyzed the structure of these new lipids and looked for potential producers. We found that they are likely made by microbes emitting methane below the sediment surface and could be used to track these specific microbes.
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