Potential use of microbial community investigations to analyse hydrothermal systems behaviour: the case of Ischia Island,Southern Italy     

Antonio Bucci  Gino Naclerio  Vincenzo Allocca  Pietro Celico  Fulvio Celico 《水文研究》2011,25(12):1866-1873

The Ischia hydrothermal system was analysed through hydrogeological and microbial community investigations. Mesophilic communities were detected in two cold springs, suggesting a negligible influence of thermal circuits in freshwater sub‐systems which are mainly or only fed by local precipitations. Thermophilic and extremely thermophilic bacteria were detected in two wells, according to higher water temperatures (61 and 85 °C), even if the two communities show significant differences. In one well, thermophilic and extremely thermophilic bacteria are associated with strains belonging to ε‐Proteobacteria isolated in different sulphur‐rich carbonate environments. This association suggests a greater influence on ascending hot fluids that interact with the carbonate basement of volcanic rocks. In the other well, thermophilic and extremely thermophilic bacteria are associated with strains isolated in cold hypersaline environments or in aquatic habitats where terrestrial and marine components are coupled. This association supports the fact that seawater intrusion can affect this part of Ischia, according to results of hydrogeological and geochemical surveys. Differences in groundwater temperature and bacterial communities are probably mainly due to differences in permeability between volcanic rocks and differences in hydrogeologic behaviour between faults in the upper carbonate basement, above the deep magma chamber, that influence relationships between ascending hot fluids and local recharge. This study contributes to discussion of the reliability of the actual behaviour models of the Ischia system, based on the results of geochemical and isotopic investigations, and, in a wider context, it shows that microbial community investigations may be a valuable supplementary tool for analysing hydrothermal system behaviour. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

评我国沉积矿床研究的重大突破性成果——《生物有机质成矿作用和成矿背景》   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

刘长龄 《地质找矿论丛》2001,16(3):210-214

文章从研究项目的特点、专著主要内容、成果展望三方面简要介绍了我国沉积矿床研究取得重大突破性成果的《生物有机质成矿作用和成矿背景》一书，并有评议。  相似文献   

A review of the geochemistry of methane in natural gas hydrate   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Keith A. Kvenvolden 《Organic Geochemistry》1995,23(11-12)

The largest accumulations on Earth of natural gas are in the form of gas hydrate, found mainly offshore in outer continental margin sediment and, to a lesser extent, in polar regions commonly associated with permafrost. Measurements of hydrocarbon gas compositions and of carbon-isotopic compositions of methane from natural gas hydrate samples, collected in subaquatic settings from around the world, suggest that methane guest molecules in the water clathrate structures are mainly derived by the microbial reduction of CO₂ from sedimentary organic matter. Typically, these hydrocarbon gases are composed of > 99% methane, with carbon-isotopic compositions (δ¹³C_PDB) ranging from − 57 to − 73‰. In only two regions, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caspian Sea, has mainly thermogenic methane been found in gas hydrate. There, hydrocarbon gases have methane contents ranging from 21 to 97%, with δ¹³C values ranging from − 29 to − 57‰. At a few locations, where the gas hydrate contains a mixture of microbial and thermal methane, microbial methane is always dominant. Continental gas hydrate, identified in Alaska and Russia, also has hydrocarbon gases composed of > 99% methane, with carbon-isotopic compositions ranging from − 41 to − 49‰. These gas hydrate deposits also contain a mixture of microbial and thermal methane, with thermal methane likely to be dominant. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd  相似文献   

A study to explain the emission of nitric oxide from a marsh soil   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Armin Remde  Jörg Ludwig  Franz X. Meixner  Ralf Conrad 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1993,17(3):249-275

In the period 18–21 September 1989, soil NO emission was studied at Halvergate Marshes, Norfolk (U.K.) within the framework of the BIATEX-LOVENOX joint field experiment. Using a dynamic chamber technique, 186 measurements at four plots were performed showing a net NO flux of 7.2–14.6×10^–12 kgN m^–2 s^–1. Soil samples from a soil profile (1.0 m) at a representative site and from the uppermost layer (0.1 m) of each of the four plots were sent to the laboratory for (a) detailed physical and chemical soil analysis, (b) determination of NO production rates, NO uptake rate constants, and NO compensation mixing ratios, and (c) characterization of the microbial processes involved. A diffusive model (Galbally and Johansson, 1989) was applied to the laboratory results to infer NO fluxes of the individual soil samples. When we compared these fluxes with those measured in the field, we found agreement within a factor 2–4. Furthermore, laboratory studies showed, that NO was produced and consumed only in the upper soil layer (0–0.1 m depth) and that the NO production and consumption activities observed in the Halvergate marsh soil were most probably due to the anaerobic metabolism of denitrifying bacteria operating in anaerobic microniches within the generally aerobic soil.  相似文献   

微生物成矿作用研究的新进展和新动向   总被引：8，自引：2，他引：8  

殷鸿福  谢树成  周修高 《地学前缘》1994,(4)

本文论述了四种微生物成矿作用的方式及其研究新成果，评述了微生物成矿作用研究方法上的新认识及一些矿种的生物作用研究新进展，阐述了“生物─有机质─流体”成矿系统等一些微生物成矿理论的重点研究方向，最后简述了微生物成矿机制应用于找矿和选矿上的新技术。  相似文献   

Geomicrobiology of Blood Falls: An Iron-Rich Saline Discharge at the Terminus of the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jill A. Mikucki  Christine M. Foreman  Birgit Sattler  W. Berry Lyons  John C. Priscu 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2004,10(3-4):199-220

Blood Falls, a saline subglacial discharge from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica provides an example of the diverse physical and chemical niches available for life in the polar desert of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Geochemical analysis of Blood Falls outflow resembles concentrated seawater remnant from the Pliocene intrusion of marine waters combined with products of weathering. The result is an iron-rich, salty seep at the terminus of Taylor Glacier, which is subject to episodic releases into permanently ice-covered Lake Bonney. Blood Falls influences thegeochemistry of Lake Bonney, and provides organic carbon and viable microbes to the lakesystem. Here we present the first data on the geobiology of Blood Falls and relate it totheevolutionary history of this unique environment. The novel geological evolution of thissubglacial environment makes Blood Falls an important site for the study of metabolic strategiesin subglacial environments and the impact of subglacial efflux on associated lake ecosystems.  相似文献   

Hydrocarbon degradation potential of autochthonous bacteria from the Yellow River delta soil     

Dongmei GAO Jian ZHAO Yuanzheng XIN Zhenyu WANG Baoshan XING 《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(B08):249-249

Microbial remediation potential to crude oil-contaminated soils in the Yellow River delta was assessed. Hydrocarbons degradaters were isolated from the soil samples obtained from the Yellow River delta. A selected mixed microbial consortium （MYRD-1） and two individual isolates （YRD-3 and YRD-4） were further tested for optimal performance and degradation of different hydrocarbons. The results demonstrated that the optimal crude oil biodegradation conditions for the mixed microbial consortium were at temperature of 28 ℃, salt concentration of 15‰, and pH of 8, and the optimal C/N/P ratio was found to be 70 ： 3 ： 1. Isolate YRD-3 could only use n-alkanes （C8, C12 and C16） as the sole source of carbon and YRD-4 could transform only naphthalene and phenanthrene. The optimal performance conditions for both isolates were at salt concentration of 20‰, and pH of 7, and C/N/P ratio of 80 ： 5 ： 1, but the temperature for YRD-3 was 24 ℃ and 28 ℃ for YRD-4. Capacity to transform hydrocarbons for the mixed microbial consortium and both isolates could be improved in a liquid medium supplemented using a mixture of alkanes and/or aromatic hydrocarbons （naphthalene and phenanthrene）, but the transformation of different substrates by MYRD-1 was higher than both isolates, showing the importance of mixed bacteria （microbial community） in hydrocarbon degradation.  相似文献   

Origins of hydrocarbons in the Sagara oil field, central Japan     

Tomohiro  Toki  Toshitaka  Gamo  Urumu  Tsunogai 《Island Arc》2006,15(3):285-291

Abstract   We collected free-gas and in situ fluid samples up to a depth of 200.6 m from the Sagara oil field, central Japan (34°44'N, 138°15'E), during the Sagara Drilling Program (SDP) and measured the concentrations and stable carbon isotopic compositions of CH₄ and C₂H₆ in the samples. A combination of the CH₄/C₂H₆ ratios with the carbon isotope ratios of methane indicates that the hydrocarbon gases are predominantly of thermogenic origin at all depths. The isotope signature of hydrocarbon gases of δ¹³      < δ¹³     suggests that these gases in the Sagara oil field are not generated by polymerization, but by the decomposition of organic materials.  相似文献   

Non-parallelism between the effect of microbial flocculants on sewerage disposal and the flocculation rate   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

李静连宾  郝建朝赵金 朱立军 《中国地球化学学报》2006,25(2):139-142

1 IntroductionMicrobial flocculant (MBF) is one of the naturalmacromolecular organic compounds, which is producedby some microorganisms and has a high flocculationfunction ( Cheng Wen et al., 2003). It has beencalled“the third-generation flocculant”beca…  相似文献   

不同条件下形成的黄钾铁矾微形貌对比研究     

曹丽娜  陈炳辉  苟习颖  邹琦 《高校地质学报》1997,25(3):333

黄钾铁矾是酸性矿山废水（AMD） 中常见的次生矿物，能有效吸附AMD中Cu、Pb、Zn、Gd、As等重金属元素。不 同条件下形成的黄钾铁矾微形貌不同，其吸附能力也不同。文章通过化学法和微生物法合成了黄钾铁矾，并在粤北大宝山 矿酸性矿山废水中采集了含黄钾铁矾的泥样。利用扫描电镜-能谱分析（SEM） 和X光衍射（XRD），对三种不同条件下形 成的黄钾铁矾进行鉴定和微形貌特征观察，并分析黄钾铁矾的形成条件。结果表明，常温条件下，pH值2.0~2.5时能够化 学合成黄钾铁矾，其晶体粒径约2~10 μm，且晶形呈板状；而在65℃时，可在pH2.0~3.0之间化学合成黄钾铁矾，但晶形 差。微生物法合成黄钾铁矾pH范围是2.0~5.0，其晶形完好，呈菱面体且晶体大小比较均匀，而约为2~4 μm。酸性矿山废 水中的黄钾铁矾形成的pH值为2.5~3.5，晶形为菱面体形，单个晶体大小多为1~2 μm。根据其形成条件和微形貌特征，文 章推测酸性矿山废水中形成的黄钾铁矾可能是微生物成因。  相似文献