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- Title
Electrogenic sulfur oxidation in a northern saltmarsh (St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada).
- Authors
Rao, Alexandra; Risgaard-Petersen, Nils; Neumeier, Urs
- Abstract
Measurements of porewater O2, pH, and H2S microprofiles in intact sediment cores collected in a northern saltmarsh in the St. Lawrence Estuary (Quebec, Canada) revealed the occurrence of electrogenic sulfur oxidation (e-SOx) by filamentous "cable" bacteria in submerged marsh pond sediments in the high marsh. In summer, the geochemical fingerprint of e-SOx was apparent in intact cores, while in fall, cable bacteria were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization and the characteristic geochemical signature of e-SOx was observed only upon prolonged incubation. In exposed, unvegetated creek bank sediments sampled in the low marsh in summer, cable bacteria developed only in repacked cores of sieved (500 μm), homogenized sediments. These results suggest that e-SOx is suppressed by the activity of macrofauna in exposed, unvegetated marsh sediments. A reduced abundance of benthic invertebrates may promote e-SOx development in marsh ponds, which are dominant features of subarctic saltmarshes as in the St. Lawrence Estuary.
- Subjects
CANADA; SULFUR oxides; SALT marsh plants; WATER research; OXYGEN in water; POND sediments
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2016, Vol 62, Issue 6, p530
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2015-0748