Geochemical data from pore water and solids from cores GS08-153-91GC12 and GS08-153-53-GC6, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Main Authors: Jørgensen, Steffen Leth, Lanzén, Anders, Hannisdal, Bjarte, Baumberger, Tamara, Flesland, Kristin, Fonseca, Rita, Øvreås, Lise, Steen, Ida H, Thorseth, Ingunn H, Pedersen, Rolf B, Schleper, Christa
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author Jørgensen, Steffen Leth
Lanzén, Anders
Hannisdal, Bjarte
Baumberger, Tamara
Flesland, Kristin
Fonseca, Rita
Øvreås, Lise
Steen, Ida H
Thorseth, Ingunn H
Pedersen, Rolf B
Schleper, Christa
author_facet Jørgensen, Steffen Leth
Lanzén, Anders
Hannisdal, Bjarte
Baumberger, Tamara
Flesland, Kristin
Fonseca, Rita
Øvreås, Lise
Steen, Ida H
Thorseth, Ingunn H
Pedersen, Rolf B
Schleper, Christa
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Microbial communities and their associated metabolic activity in marine sediments have a profound impact on global biogeochemical cycles. Their composition and structure are attributed to geochemical and physical factors, but finding direct correlations has remained a challenge. Here we show a significant statistical relationship between variation in geochemical composition and prokaryotic community structure within deep-sea sediments. We obtained comprehensive geochemical data from two gravity cores near the hydrothermal vent field Loki's Castle at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Geochemical properties in the rift valley sediments exhibited strong centimeter-scale stratigraphic variability. Microbial populations were profiled by pyrosequencing from 15 sediment horizons (59,364 16S rRNA gene tags), quantitatively assessed by qPCR, and phylogenetically analyzed. Although the same taxa were generally present in all samples, their relative abundances varied substantially among horizons and fluctuated between Bacteria- and Archaea-dominated communities. By independently summarizing covariance structures of the relative abundance data and geochemical data, using principal components analysis, we found a significant correlation between changes in geochemical composition and changes in community structure. Differences in organic carbon and mineralogy shaped the relative abundance of microbial taxa. We used correlations to build hypotheses about energy metabolisms, particularly of the Deep Sea Archaeal Group, specific Deltaproteobacteria, and sediment lineages of potentially anaerobic Marine Group I Archaea. We demonstrate that total prokaryotic community structure can be directly correlated to geochemistry within these sediments, thus enhancing our understanding of biogeochemical cycling and our ability to predict metabolisms of uncultured microbes in deep-sea sediments.
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spellingShingle Geochemical data from pore water and solids from cores GS08-153-91GC12 and GS08-153-53-GC6, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
Jørgensen, Steffen Leth
Lanzén, Anders
Hannisdal, Bjarte
Baumberger, Tamara
Flesland, Kristin
Fonseca, Rita
Øvreås, Lise
Steen, Ida H
Thorseth, Ingunn H
Pedersen, Rolf B
Schleper, Christa

Microbial communities and their associated metabolic activity in marine sediments have a profound impact on global biogeochemical cycles. Their composition and structure are attributed to geochemical and physical factors, but finding direct correlations has remained a challenge. Here we show a significant statistical relationship between variation in geochemical composition and prokaryotic community structure within deep-sea sediments. We obtained comprehensive geochemical data from two gravity cores near the hydrothermal vent field Loki's Castle at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Geochemical properties in the rift valley sediments exhibited strong centimeter-scale stratigraphic variability. Microbial populations were profiled by pyrosequencing from 15 sediment horizons (59,364 16S rRNA gene tags), quantitatively assessed by qPCR, and phylogenetically analyzed. Although the same taxa were generally present in all samples, their relative abundances varied substantially among horizons and fluctuated between Bacteria- and Archaea-dominated communities. By independently summarizing covariance structures of the relative abundance data and geochemical data, using principal components analysis, we found a significant correlation between changes in geochemical composition and changes in community structure. Differences in organic carbon and mineralogy shaped the relative abundance of microbial taxa. We used correlations to build hypotheses about energy metabolisms, particularly of the Deep Sea Archaeal Group, specific Deltaproteobacteria, and sediment lineages of potentially anaerobic Marine Group I Archaea. We demonstrate that total prokaryotic community structure can be directly correlated to geochemistry within these sediments, thus enhancing our understanding of biogeochemical cycling and our ability to predict metabolisms of uncultured microbes in deep-sea sediments.
title Geochemical data from pore water and solids from cores GS08-153-91GC12 and GS08-153-53-GC6, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
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url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786687