Microbial Communities in Methane- and Short Chain Alkane-Rich Hydrothermal Sediments of Guaymas Basin

Author(s)Dowell, Frederick
Author(s)Cardman, Zena
Author(s)Dasarathy, Srishti
Author(s)Kellermann, MatthiasY.
Author(s)Lipp, Julius S.
Author(s)Ruff, S. Emil
Author(s)Biddle, Jennifer F.
Author(s)McKay, Luke J.
Author(s)MacGregor, Barbara J.
Author(s)Lloyd, Karen G.
Author(s)Albert, Daniel B.
Author(s)Mendlovitz, Howard
Author(s)Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe
Author(s)Teske, Andreas
Ordered AuthorFrederick Dowell, Zena Cardman, Srishti Dasarathy, Matthias Y. Kellermann, Julius S. Lipp, S. Emil Ruff, Jennifer F. Biddle, Luke J. McKay, Barbara J. MacGregor, Karen G. Lloyd, Daniel B. Albert, Howard Mendlovitz, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs and Andreas Teske
UD AuthorBiddle, Jennifer F.en_US
Date Accessioned2016-05-12T15:28:31Z
Date Available2016-05-12T15:28:31Z
Copyright DateCopyright © 2016Dowell,Cardman,Dasarathy,Kellermann,Lipp,Ruff,Biddle, McKay,MacGregor,Lloyd,Albert,Mendlovitz,HinrichsandTeske.en_US
Publication Date2016-01-29
DescriptionPublisher's PDF.en_US
AbstractThe hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, an active spreading center in the Gulf of California (Mexico), are rich in porewater methane, short-chain alkanes, sulfate and sulfide, and provide a model system to explore habitat preferences of microorganisms, including sulfate-dependent, methane- and short chain alkane-oxidizing microbial communities. In this study, hot sediments (above 60°C) covered with sulfur-oxidizing microbial mats surrounding a hydrothermal mound (termed “Mat Mound”) were characterized by porewater geochemistry of methane, C2–C6 short-chain alkanes, sulfate, sulfide, sulfate reduction rate measurements, in situ temperature gradients, bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene clone libraries and V6 tag pyrosequencing. The most abundantly detected groups in the Mat mound sediments include anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea of the ANME-1 lineage and its sister clade ANME-1Guaymas, the uncultured bacterial groups SEEP-SRB2 within the Deltaproteobacteria and the separately branching HotSeep-1 Group; these uncultured bacteria are candidates for sulfate-reducing alkane oxidation and for sulfate-reducing syntrophy with ANME archaea. The archaeal dataset indicates distinct habitat preferences for ANME-1, ANME-1-Guaymas, and ANME-2 archaea in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments. The bacterial groups SEEP-SRB2 and HotSeep-1 co-occur with ANME-1 and ANME-1Guaymas in hydrothermally active sediments underneath microbial mats in Guaymas Basin. We propose the working hypothesis that this mixed bacterial and archaeal community catalyzes the oxidation of both methane and short-chain alkanes, and constitutes a microbial community signature that is characteristic for hydrothermal and/or cold seep sediments containing both substrates.en_US
DepartmentUniversity of Delaware. School of Marine Science and Policy.en_US
CitationDowellF,CardmanZ,DasarathyS, KellermannMY,LippJS,RuffSE, BiddleJF,McKayLJ,MacGregorBJ, LloydKG,AlbertDB,MendlovitzH, HinrichsK-UandTeskeA(2016) MicrobialCommunitiesinMethane- and ShortChainAlkane-Rich HydrothermalSedimentsofGuaymas Basin.Front.Microbiol.7:17. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00017en_US
DOI10.3389/fmicb.2016.00017en_US
ISSN1664-302Xen_US
URLhttp://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17708
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherFrontiers Media SAen_US
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dc.sourceFrontiers in Microbiologyen_US
dc.source.urihttp://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/microbiologyen_US
TitleMicrobial Communities in Methane- and Short Chain Alkane-Rich Hydrothermal Sediments of Guaymas Basinen_US
TypeArticleen_US
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