Growth pattern and 13C12C isotope fractionation of Cyanidium caldarium and hot spring algal mats |
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Authors: | J Seckbach IR Kaplan |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel;2. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S.A.;3. Department of Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A study was undertaken with the thermophilic green alga Cyanidium caldarium which grows optimally at low pH and high concentrations of CO2. Carbon-isotope fractionation was not found to be a simple linear function of temperature. Maximum enrichment of 12C in cellular material occurred under optimum growth conditions (at approximately pH 2 and at temperatures between 40–50°C in a CO2 atmosphere). A maximum measured fractionation of ?24‰ may account for low values () in Precambrian kerogen presumably derived from algal mats. |
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