Microbial iron reduction under oxic conditions: implications for subsurface biogeochemistry
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| author | Ceriotti, Giulia Bosco-Santos, Alice Borisov, Sergey M. Berg, Jasmine S. |
| author_facet | Ceriotti, Giulia Bosco-Santos, Alice Borisov, Sergey M. Berg, Jasmine S. |
| contents | Iron (Fe) reduction is one of Earth's most ancient microbial metabolisms, but after atmosphere-ocean oxygenation, this anaerobic process was relegated to niche anoxic environments below the water and soil surface. However, new technologies to monitor redox processes at the microscale relevant to microbial cells have recently revealed that the oxygen (O2) concentrations controlling the distribution of aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms are more heterogeneous than previously believed. To explore how O2 levels regulate microbial Fe reduction, we cultivated a facultative Fe-reducing bacterium using a cutting-edge microfluidic reactor integrated with transparent planar O2 sensors. Contrary to expectations, microbial growth induced Fe(III)-oxide (ferrihydrite) reduction under fully oxygenated conditions without forming O2-depleted microsites. Batch incubations highlighted the importance of the process at a larger scale, fundamentally changing our understanding of Fe cycling from the conceptualization of metal and nutrient mobility in the subsurface to our interpretation of Fe mineralogy in the rock record. |
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| spellingShingle | Microbial iron reduction under oxic conditions: implications for subsurface biogeochemistry Ceriotti, Giulia Bosco-Santos, Alice Borisov, Sergey M. Berg, Jasmine S. Biological Physics Geophysics Iron (Fe) reduction is one of Earth's most ancient microbial metabolisms, but after atmosphere-ocean oxygenation, this anaerobic process was relegated to niche anoxic environments below the water and soil surface. However, new technologies to monitor redox processes at the microscale relevant to microbial cells have recently revealed that the oxygen (O2) concentrations controlling the distribution of aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms are more heterogeneous than previously believed. To explore how O2 levels regulate microbial Fe reduction, we cultivated a facultative Fe-reducing bacterium using a cutting-edge microfluidic reactor integrated with transparent planar O2 sensors. Contrary to expectations, microbial growth induced Fe(III)-oxide (ferrihydrite) reduction under fully oxygenated conditions without forming O2-depleted microsites. Batch incubations highlighted the importance of the process at a larger scale, fundamentally changing our understanding of Fe cycling from the conceptualization of metal and nutrient mobility in the subsurface to our interpretation of Fe mineralogy in the rock record. |
| title | Microbial iron reduction under oxic conditions: implications for subsurface biogeochemistry |
| topic | Biological Physics Geophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07137 |