Environmental controls on bacterial tetraether membrane lipid distribution in soils

JWH Weijers, S Schouten, JC van den Donker… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2007 - Elsevier
Over the last years a novel group of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT)
membrane lipids has been discovered in peat bogs and soils. They consist of components …

Soil pH impact on microbial tetraether lipids and terrestrial input index (BIT) in China

H Yang, WH Ding, JX Wang, CS Jin, GQ He… - Science China Earth …, 2012 - Springer
The distributions of microbial tetraether lipids, ie glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers
(GDGTs), were investigated in a variety of Chinese soils featured by a wide range of pH …

Calibrating bacterial tetraether distributions towards in situ soil temperature and application to a loess-paleosol sequence

H Wang, Z An, H Lu, Z Zhao, W Liu - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) produced by soil-dwelling bacteria
offer a promising tool for reconstructing terrestrial temperatures. However, in most previous …

Variation of branched tetraethers with soil depth in relation to non-temperature factors: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction

H Pei, S Zhao, H Yang, S Xie - Chemical Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
have been extensively used as tools for paleoclimate reconstruction. Temperature and pH …

Lipid biomarker temperature proxy responds to abrupt shift in the bacterial community composition in geothermally heated soils

C De Jonge, D Radujković, BD Sigurdsson… - Organic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Specific soil bacterial membrane lipids, branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers
(brGDGTs), are used as an empirical proxy for past continental temperatures. Their …

Revised calibration of the MBT–CBT paleotemperature proxy based on branched tetraether membrane lipids in surface soils

F Peterse, J van der Meer, S Schouten… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
The MBT–CBT proxy for the reconstruction of paleotemperatures and past soil pH is based
on the distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) membrane …

Distribution of microbial fatty acids and fatty alcohols in soils from an altitude transect of Mt. Jianfengling in Hainan, China: Implication for paleoaltimetry and …

H Yang, WH Ding, SC Xie - Science China Earth Sciences, 2014 - Springer
The temperature gradient along the altitude transect of Mt. Jianfengling provides a good
opportunity to establish and evaluate the microbial lipid-based environmental proxies. The …

Direct incorporation of fatty acids into microbial phospholipids in soils: position-specific labeling tells the story

MA Dippold, Y Kuzyakov - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Fatty acids have been used as plant and microbial biomarkers, and knowledge about their
transformation pathways in soils and sediments is crucial for interpreting fatty acid …

Distribution of microbial lipids at an acid mine drainage site in China: Insights into microbial adaptation to extremely low pH conditions

H Pei, C Wang, Y Wang, H Yang, S Xie - Organic Geochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Studies of acid mine drainage (AMD), a typically extremely acidic environment, can provide
opportunities to determine how microorganisms adapt to low pH environments by regulating …

[PDF][PDF] Archaeal and bacterial tetraether membrane lipids in soils of varied altitudes in Mt. Jianfengling in South China

H Yang, W Ding, G He, S Xie - Journal of Earth Science, 2010 - researchgate.net
Glycerol dialky glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are membrane lipids of archaea and some
unknown bacteria. These GDGTs have been demonstrated to respond to temperature and …