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author Fredricks, Helen F
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
author_facet Fredricks, Helen F
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents We report results from the analysis of intact polar lipids (IPLs) in sediments from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1257 and 1258. IPLs, constituting the cell membranes of living organisms, were detected in organic-lean sediments but not in underlying organic-rich black shales. Microbial activity in organic-lean sediments is likely due to sulfate-dependent oxidation of methane whereas difficulties detecting IPLs in black shales are interpreted to result from unfavorable signal-to-noise ratios due to low cell concentrations in combination with extremely high analytical noise created by uncharacterized organic matrix. IPLs found are consistent with a low-diversity community of archaea and bacteria. The concentrations of IPLs are more than one order of magnitude lower than those in Neogene deep subsurface sediments at the Peruvian margin, suggestive of significantly lower cell concentrations in Demerara Rise. This finding is consistent with inferred low rates of subsurface microbial activity.
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spellingShingle (Table T2) Relative signal intensity of intact polar lipids in sediments from ODP Sites 207-1257 and 207-1258
Fredricks, Helen F
Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
207-1257; 207-1258; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Diacylglycerol-phosphatidylcholine; Diacylglycerol-phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine; Diethylglycerol-diglycosyl; Diglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; High Performance Liquid Chromatography - Mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS); Intact polar lipid; Joides Resolution; Leg207; Lithology/composition/facies; Monoglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sample mass; Triglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether
We report results from the analysis of intact polar lipids (IPLs) in sediments from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1257 and 1258. IPLs, constituting the cell membranes of living organisms, were detected in organic-lean sediments but not in underlying organic-rich black shales. Microbial activity in organic-lean sediments is likely due to sulfate-dependent oxidation of methane whereas difficulties detecting IPLs in black shales are interpreted to result from unfavorable signal-to-noise ratios due to low cell concentrations in combination with extremely high analytical noise created by uncharacterized organic matrix. IPLs found are consistent with a low-diversity community of archaea and bacteria. The concentrations of IPLs are more than one order of magnitude lower than those in Neogene deep subsurface sediments at the Peruvian margin, suggestive of significantly lower cell concentrations in Demerara Rise. This finding is consistent with inferred low rates of subsurface microbial activity.
title (Table T2) Relative signal intensity of intact polar lipids in sediments from ODP Sites 207-1257 and 207-1258
topic 207-1257; 207-1258; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Diacylglycerol-phosphatidylcholine; Diacylglycerol-phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine; Diethylglycerol-diglycosyl; Diglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; High Performance Liquid Chromatography - Mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS); Intact polar lipid; Joides Resolution; Leg207; Lithology/composition/facies; Monoglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Sample mass; Triglycosyl-glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.776022