Secondary Mineralization of Ferrihydrite Affects Microbial Methanogenesis in Geobacter-Methanosarcina Cocultures
Secondary Mineralization of Ferrihydrite Affects Microbial Methanogenesis in Geobacter-Methanosarcina Cocultures
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水铁矿的二次矿化影响地杆菌-甲烷八叠球菌共培养物中微生物的产甲烷作用
DOI:
10.1128/aem.01517-16
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发表时间:
2016-07
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Zhou Shungui
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作者:
Ma Jinlian;Tang Ziyang;Yu Zhen;Zhou Shungui
ABSTRACT The transformation of ferrihydrite to stable iron oxides over time has important consequences for biogeochemical cycling of many metals and nutrients. The response of methanogenic activity to the presence of iron oxides depends on the type of iron mineral, but the effects of changes in iron mineralogy on methanogenesis have not been characterized. To address these issues, we constructed methanogenic cocultures of Geobacter and Methanosarcina strains with different ferrihydrite mineralization pathways. In this system, secondary mineralization products from ferrihydrite are regulated by the presence or absence of phosphate. In cultures producing magnetite as the secondary mineralization product, the rates of methanogenesis from acetate and ethanol increased by 30.2% and 135.3%, respectively, compared with a control lacking ferrihydrite. Biogenic magnetite was proposed to promote direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacter and Methanosarcina in a manner similar to that of c-type cytochrome and thus facilitate methanogenesis. Vivianite biomineralization from ferrihydrite in the presence of phosphate did not significantly influence the methanogenesis processes. The correlation between magnetite occurrence and facilitated methanogenesis was supported by increased rates of methane production from acetate and ethanol with magnetite supplementation in the defined cocultures. Our data provide a new perspective on the important role of iron biomineralization in biogeochemical cycling of carbon in diverse anaerobic environments. IMPORTANCE It has been found that microbial methanogenesis is affected by the presence of iron minerals, and their influences on methanogenesis are associated with the mineralogical properties of the iron minerals. However, how changes in iron mineralogy affect microbial methanogenesis has not been characterized. To address this issue, we constructed methanogenic cocultures of Geobacter and Methanosarcina strains with different ferrihydrite mineralization pathways. The experimental results led to two contributions, i.e., (i) the transformation of iron minerals might exert an important influence on methanogenesis under anaerobic conditions and (ii) both biogenic and chemical magnetite can accelerate syntrophic ethanol oxidization between Geobacter metallireducens and Methanosarcina barkeri. This study sheds new light on the important role of iron biomineralization in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in diverse anaerobic environments, particularly in iron-rich natural and agricultural wetland soils.
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通讯作者:
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