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dc.contributor.authorWang, Danlei
dc.contributor.authorCoolen, Marco
dc.contributor.authorIdiz, E.
dc.contributor.authorHolman, Alex
dc.contributor.authorHopper, Peter
dc.contributor.authorCockell, C.S.
dc.contributor.authorGrice, Kliti
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T06:47:31Z
dc.date.available2023-01-24T06:47:31Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationWang, D. and Coolen, M.J.L. and Idiz, E. and Holman, A.I. and Hopper, P. and Cockell, C.S. and Grice, K. 2022. Correlations between biomarkers of varying bioavailability and putative hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria in an Early-Eocene marlstone sedimentary record. Organic Geochemistry. 167: ARTN 104409.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90146
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104409
dc.description.abstract

We examined the possibility that, during short-term refrigerated storage, microbial communities continue to biodegrade individual lipid biomarkers in an intact core section of Early Eocene consolidated marlstone sediments from the hydrothermal system overlying the Chicxulub impact crater (Yucatán, Mexico). Amplicon sequencing of environmental 16S rRNA obtained from the core samples revealed a high relative abundance of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) related to known hydrocarbon degraders, notably Halomonas and Marinobacter. Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (PICRUSt2) predicted that Marinobacter and a subset of less abundant bacteria (e.g., Alcanivorax) have the genomic potential to anaerobically degrade hydrocarbons via dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia. The variability in the relative abundance of these taxa showed strong positive Pearson correlations (Pearson's r > 0.5) with quantitative changes in the most bioavailable non-sulfurized compounds, notably polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and isorenieratane. Moderate positive Pearson correlations (r values between ∼0.3 and ∼0.5) were observed between microbial taxa and compounds that have undergone early abiotic diagenetic sulfurization (e.g., hopanes, n-alkanes and steranes). These results suggest that non-sulfurized biomarkers may be subject to continued biodegradation in marine sedimentary rocks during short-term refrigerated storage.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100982
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectPhysical Sciences
dc.subjectGeochemistry & Geophysics
dc.subjectMicrobial degradation
dc.subjectBiomarkers
dc.subjectPAHs
dc.subjectNitrate reduction
dc.subjectAbiotic sulfurization
dc.subjectBENZOYL-COA
dc.titleCorrelations between biomarkers of varying bioavailability and putative hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria in an Early-Eocene marlstone sedimentary record
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume167
dcterms.source.issn0146-6380
dcterms.source.titleOrganic Geochemistry
dc.date.updated2023-01-24T06:47:31Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidGrice, Kliti [0000-0003-2136-3508]
curtin.contributor.orcidCoolen, Marco [0000-0002-0417-920X]
curtin.contributor.orcidHolman, Alex [0000-0001-5687-1268]
curtin.contributor.researcheridGrice, Kliti [L-2455-2016]
curtin.contributor.researcheridCoolen, Marco [B-8263-2015]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 104409
dcterms.source.eissn1873-5290
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridGrice, Kliti [7005492625]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridCoolen, Marco [6603365440]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridHolman, Alex [55369807700]


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