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Becker, Kevin W; Elling, Felix J; Schröder, Jan Martin; Lipp, Julius S; Goldhammer, Tobias; Zabel, Matthias; Elvert, Marcus; Overmann, Jörg; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe (2018): Geochemical and quinone biomarker concentrations in the Black Sea water column and sediments. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895911, Supplement to: Becker, KW et al. (2018): Isoprenoid quinones resolve the stratification of redox processes in a biogeochemical continuum from the photic zone to deep anoxic sediments of the Black Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 84(10), https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02736-17

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Abstract:
The stratified water column of the Black Sea serves as a model ecosystem for studying the interactions of microorganisms with major biogeochemical cycles. Here, we provide detailed analysis of isoprenoid quinones to study microbial redox processes in the ocean. In a continuum from the photic zone through the chemocline into deep anoxic sediments of the southern Black Sea, diagnostic quinones and inorganic geochemical parameters indicate niche segregation between redox processes and corresponding shifts in microbial community composition. Quinones specific for oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration dominate oxic waters, while quinones associated with thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation and bacterial methanotrophy, respectively, dominate a narrow interval in suboxic waters. Quinone distributions indicate highest metabolic diversity within the anoxic zone, with anoxygenic photosynthesis being a major process in its photic layer. In the dark anoxic layer, quinone profiles indicate the occurrence of bacterial sulfur and nitrogen cycling, archaeal methanogenesis, and archaeal methanotrophy. Multiple novel ubiquinone isomers, possibly originating from unidentified intra-aerobic anaerobes, occur in this zone. The respiration modes found in the anoxic zone continue into shallow subsurface sediments, but quinone abundances rapidly decrease within the upper 50 cm below the sea floor, reflecting the transition to lower energy availability. In the deep subseafloor sediments, quinone distributions and geochemical profiles indicate archaeal methanogenesis/methanotrophy and potentially bacterial fermentative metabolisms. We observed that sedimentary quinone distributions track lithology, which supports prior hypotheses that deep biosphere community composition and metabolisms are determined by environmental conditions during sediment deposition.
Funding:
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 247153: Deep subsurface Archaea: carbon cycle, life strategies, and role in sedimentary ecosystems
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Median Latitude: 41.528000 * Median Longitude: 30.884336 * South-bound Latitude: 41.528000 * West-bound Longitude: 30.884000 * North-bound Latitude: 41.528000 * East-bound Longitude: 30.885000
Date/Time Start: 2011-02-19T17:26:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-02-20T17:00:00
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