Schulz, Heide N; Schulz, Horst D (2005): Geochemical analysis and porewater analysis of sediment profile at station M57/3_203 from Walvis Ridge [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811591, Supplement to: Schulz, HN; Schulz, HD (2005): Large Sulfur Bacteria and the Formation of Phosphorite. Science, 307(5708), 416-418, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1103096
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Phosphorite deposits in marine sediments are a long-term sink for an essential nutrient, phosphorus. Here we show that apatite abundance in sediments on the Namibian shelf correlates with the abundance and activity of the giant sulfur bacterium Thiomargarita namibiensis, which suggests that sulfur bacteria drive phosphogenesis. Sediments populated by Thiomargarita showed sharp peaks of pore water phosphate (<=300 micromolar) and massive phosphorite accumulations (>=50 grams of phosphorus per kilogram). Laboratory experiments revealed that under anoxic conditions, Thiomargarita released enough phosphate to account for the precipitation of hydroxyapatite observed in the environment.
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- Schulz, HN; Schulz, HD (2005): Phosphate, fluoride and cell abundance of bacteria Thiomargarita namibiensis in porewater of sediment profile M57/3_203 from Walvis Ridge. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.231378
- Schulz, HN; Schulz, HD (2005): Geochemical analysis of sediment profile at station M57/3_203 from Walvis Ridge. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.231409