The biogeochemical sulfur cycle of marine sediments

BB Jørgensen, AJ Findlay, A Pellerin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microbial dissimilatory sulfate reduction to sulfide is a predominant terminal pathway of
organic matter mineralization in the anoxic seabed. Chemical or microbial oxidation of the …

The life sulfuric: microbial ecology of sulfur cycling in marine sediments

K Wasmund, M Mußmann, A Loy - Environmental microbiology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Almost the entire seafloor is covered with sediments that can be more than 10 000 m thick
and represent a vast microbial ecosystem that is a major component of Earth's element and …

Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere

AJ Krause, BJW Mills, S Zhang, NJ Planavsky… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Oxygen is essential for animal life, and while geochemical proxies have been instrumental
in determining the broad evolutionary history of oxygen on Earth, much of our insight into …

A cryptic sulfur cycle driven by iron in the methane zone of marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark)

L Holmkvist, TG Ferdelman, BB Jørgensen - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sulfate reduction and sulfur–iron geochemistry were studied in 5–6 m deep gravity cores of
Holocene mud from Aarhus Bay (Denmark). A goal was to understand whether sulfate is …

Low frequency Raman Spectroscopy for micron-scale and in vivo characterization of elemental sulfur in microbial samples

C Nims, B Cron, M Wetherington, J Macalady… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Elemental sulfur (S (0)) is an important intermediate of the sulfur cycle and is
generated by chemical and biological sulfide oxidation. Raman spectromicroscopy can be …

Sulfate-reducing bacteria influence the nucleation and growth of mackinawite and greigite

A Picard, A Gartman, DR Clarke, PR Girguis - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Sedimentary iron sulfide minerals play a key role in maintaining the oxygenation of Earth's
atmosphere over geological timescales; they also record critical geochemical information …

Novel taxa of Acidobacteriota implicated in seafloor sulfur cycling

M Flieder, J Buongiorno, CW Herbold… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Acidobacteriota are widespread and often abundant in marine sediments, yet their metabolic
and ecological properties are poorly understood. Here, we examined metabolisms and …

An inorganic geochemical argument for coupled anaerobic oxidation of methane and iron reduction in marine sediments

N Riedinger, MJ Formolo, TW Lyons, S Henkel… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we present results from sediments collected in the Argentine Basin, a non‐steady
state depositional marine system characterized by abundant oxidized iron within methane …

A novel bacterial thiosulfate oxidation pathway provides a new clue about the formation of zero-valent sulfur in deep sea

J Zhang, R Liu, S Xi, R Cai, X Zhang, C Sun - The ISME Journal, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Zero-valent sulfur (ZVS) has been shown to be a major sulfur intermediate in the deep-sea
cold seep of the South China Sea based on our previous work, however, the microbial …

Electrobioremediation of oil spills

M Daghio, F Aulenta, E Vaiopoulou, A Franzetti… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Annually, thousands of oil spills occur across the globe. As a result, petroleum substances
and petrochemical compounds are widespread contaminants causing concern due to their …