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Title: Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba

Abstract

Microbialites are modern analogs of ancient microbial consortia that date as far back as the Archaean Eon. Microbialites have contributed to the geochemical history of our planet through their diverse metabolic capacities that mediate mineral precipitation. These mineral-forming microbial assemblages accumulate major ions, trace elements and biomass from their ambient aquatic environments; their role in the resulting chemical structure of these lithifications needs clarification. We studied the biogeochemistry and microbial structure of microbialites collected from diverse locations in Mexico and in a previously undescribed microbialite in Cuba. We examined their structure, chemistry and mineralogy at different scales using an array of nested methods including 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing, elemental analysis, X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Synchrotron Radiation-based Fourier Transformed Infrared (SR-FTIR) spectromicroscopy. The resulting data revealed high biological and chemical diversity among microbialites and specific microbe to chemical correlations. Regardless of the sampling site, Proteobacteria had the most significant correlations with biogeochemical parameters such as organic carbon (Corg), nitrogen and Corg:Ca ratio. Biogeochemically relevant bacterial groups (dominant phototrophs and heterotrophs) showed significant correlations with major ion composition, mineral type and transition element content, such as cadmium,more » cobalt, chromium, copper and nickel. Microbial-chemical relationships were discussed in reference to microbialite formation, microbial metabolic capacities and the role of transition elements as enzyme cofactors. This paper provides an analytical baseline to drive our understanding of the links between microbial diversity with the chemistry of their lithified precipitations.« less

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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1431134
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OSTI ID: 1460307
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KP1605010; AC02-05CH11231
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Frontiers in Microbiology
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Journal Name: Frontiers in Microbiology Journal Volume: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1664-302X
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Frontiers Media SA
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Switzerland
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English
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Valdespino-Castillo, Patricia M., Hu, Ping, Merino-Ibarra, Martín, López-Gómez, Luz M., Cerqueda-García, Daniel, González-De Zayas, Roberto, Pi-Puig, Teresa, Lestayo, Julio A., Holman, Hoi-Ying, and Falcón, Luisa I. Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba. Switzerland: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00510.
Valdespino-Castillo, Patricia M., Hu, Ping, Merino-Ibarra, Martín, López-Gómez, Luz M., Cerqueda-García, Daniel, González-De Zayas, Roberto, Pi-Puig, Teresa, Lestayo, Julio A., Holman, Hoi-Ying, & Falcón, Luisa I. Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00510
Valdespino-Castillo, Patricia M., Hu, Ping, Merino-Ibarra, Martín, López-Gómez, Luz M., Cerqueda-García, Daniel, González-De Zayas, Roberto, Pi-Puig, Teresa, Lestayo, Julio A., Holman, Hoi-Ying, and Falcón, Luisa I. Tue . "Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba". Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00510.
@article{osti_1431134,
title = {Exploring Biogeochemistry and Microbial Diversity of Extant Microbialites in Mexico and Cuba},
author = {Valdespino-Castillo, Patricia M. and Hu, Ping and Merino-Ibarra, Martín and López-Gómez, Luz M. and Cerqueda-García, Daniel and González-De Zayas, Roberto and Pi-Puig, Teresa and Lestayo, Julio A. and Holman, Hoi-Ying and Falcón, Luisa I.},
abstractNote = {Microbialites are modern analogs of ancient microbial consortia that date as far back as the Archaean Eon. Microbialites have contributed to the geochemical history of our planet through their diverse metabolic capacities that mediate mineral precipitation. These mineral-forming microbial assemblages accumulate major ions, trace elements and biomass from their ambient aquatic environments; their role in the resulting chemical structure of these lithifications needs clarification. We studied the biogeochemistry and microbial structure of microbialites collected from diverse locations in Mexico and in a previously undescribed microbialite in Cuba. We examined their structure, chemistry and mineralogy at different scales using an array of nested methods including 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing, elemental analysis, X-Ray fluorescence (XRF), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Synchrotron Radiation-based Fourier Transformed Infrared (SR-FTIR) spectromicroscopy. The resulting data revealed high biological and chemical diversity among microbialites and specific microbe to chemical correlations. Regardless of the sampling site, Proteobacteria had the most significant correlations with biogeochemical parameters such as organic carbon (Corg), nitrogen and Corg:Ca ratio. Biogeochemically relevant bacterial groups (dominant phototrophs and heterotrophs) showed significant correlations with major ion composition, mineral type and transition element content, such as cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper and nickel. Microbial-chemical relationships were discussed in reference to microbialite formation, microbial metabolic capacities and the role of transition elements as enzyme cofactors. This paper provides an analytical baseline to drive our understanding of the links between microbial diversity with the chemistry of their lithified precipitations.},
doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2018.00510},
journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology},
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volume = 9,
place = {Switzerland},
year = {Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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