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CH4-consuming microorganisms and the formation of carbonate crusts at cold seeps |
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| Authors: | Giovanni Aloisi Ioanna BouloubassiSander K Heijs Richard D Pancost Catherine PierreJaap S Sinninghe Damsté Jan C GottschalLarry J Forney Jean-Marie Rouchy |
| Institution: | a Laboratoire d’Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France b Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France c Department of Microbiology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands d Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg (Texel), The Netherlands e Laboratoire de Géologie (CNRS-ESA 7073), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France |
| Abstract: | To understand the role played by microorganisms in the formation of cold seep carbonates, we conducted an integrated microbial, mineralogical and organic geochemical study of methane-related authigenic carbonate crusts formed on eastern Mediterranean mud volcanoes. We show that supersaturation with respect to carbonate minerals is induced by microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane. Combined lipid biomarker analysis and 16S rRNA gene surveys identified a highly diversified methane-consuming archaeal community possibly comprising novel species, implying that the anaerobic oxidation of methane is phylogenetically widespread and directly implicating these organisms in the process of crust precipitation. Moreover, pore-water sulphate gradients produced by co-occurring methane-based sulphate reduction exert the main control on aragonite versus magnesian calcite precipitation. We propose that this may be the dominant mode of carbonate crust formation at cold seeps world-wide, in agreement with aquatic chemistry predictions and explaining carbonate mineralogy. |
| Keywords: | cold seeps carbonates oxidation anaerobic environment DNA lipids biomarkers |
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