Compositions of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in sediment samples from Bullenmoor peat bog, Northern Germany

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Autori principali: Liu, Xiao-Lei, Leider, Arne, Gillespie, Aimee, Gröger, Jens, Versteegh, Gerard J M, Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
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author Liu, Xiao-Lei
Leider, Arne
Gillespie, Aimee
Gröger, Jens
Versteegh, Gerard J M
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
author_facet Liu, Xiao-Lei
Leider, Arne
Gillespie, Aimee
Gröger, Jens
Versteegh, Gerard J M
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Two types of intact branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) were detected in peat bog samples from Bullenmoor, Northern Germany. Glucuronosyl and glucosyl branched GDGTs comprise on average ca. 4% of the microbial intact polar lipids in the anoxic, acidic peat layer ca. 20 cm below the surface of the bog, suggesting an important ecological role for the source microorganisms. No corresponding phospholipids were detected. Notably, glycosidic branched GDGTs are 5-10 times less abundant than their intact isoprenoid counterparts derived from Archaea, while branched GDGT core lipids exceed their isoprenoid analogues by about an order of magnitude. These contrasting relationships may reflect lower standing stocks of the biomass of producers of branched GDGTs, combined with higher population growth rates relative to soil Archaea. Search strategies for the microbial producers of these conspicuous orphan lipids should benefit from the discovery of their intact polar precursors.
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spellingShingle Compositions of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in sediment samples from Bullenmoor peat bog, Northern Germany
Liu, Xiao-Lei
Leider, Arne
Gillespie, Aimee
Gröger, Jens
Versteegh, Gerard J M
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
Bullenmoor; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Eijkelkamp Kammerbohrer; EKB; MARUM; Stader Geest, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany
Two types of intact branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) were detected in peat bog samples from Bullenmoor, Northern Germany. Glucuronosyl and glucosyl branched GDGTs comprise on average ca. 4% of the microbial intact polar lipids in the anoxic, acidic peat layer ca. 20 cm below the surface of the bog, suggesting an important ecological role for the source microorganisms. No corresponding phospholipids were detected. Notably, glycosidic branched GDGTs are 5-10 times less abundant than their intact isoprenoid counterparts derived from Archaea, while branched GDGT core lipids exceed their isoprenoid analogues by about an order of magnitude. These contrasting relationships may reflect lower standing stocks of the biomass of producers of branched GDGTs, combined with higher population growth rates relative to soil Archaea. Search strategies for the microbial producers of these conspicuous orphan lipids should benefit from the discovery of their intact polar precursors.
title Compositions of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in sediment samples from Bullenmoor peat bog, Northern Germany
topic Bullenmoor; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Eijkelkamp Kammerbohrer; EKB; MARUM; Stader Geest, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.754802