TY - JOUR

T1 - Microbial diversity and authigenic siderite mediation in sediments surrounding the Kedr-1 mud volcano, Lake Baikal

AU - Lomakina, Anna

AU - Bukin, Sergei

AU - Pogodaeva, Tatyana

AU - Turchyn, Alexandra

AU - Khlystov, Oleg

AU - Khabuev, Andrey

AU - Ivanov, Vyacheslav

AU - Крылов, Алексей Алексеевич

AU - Zemskaya, Tamara

PY - 2023/9/12

Y1 - 2023/9/12

N2 - The gas hydrate-bearing structure—mud volcano Kedr-1 (Lake Baikal, southern basin)—is located near the coal-bearing sediments of the Tankhoy formation of Oligocene–Miocene age and can be an ideal source of gas-saturated fluid. A significant amount of siderite minerals (FeCO3) were collected from sediments at depths ranging from 0.5 to 327 cm below the lake floor (cmblf). An important feature of these carbonate minerals is the extremely strong enrichment in the heavy 13C isotope, reaching values of +33.3‰ VPDB. The δ13C of the siderite minerals, as well as their morphology and elemental composition, and the δ13CDIC of the co-existing pore water, differed across layers of the core, which implies at least two generations of siderite formation. Here, we leverage mineralogical and geochemical data with 16S rRNA data from the microbial communities in sediments surrounding layers containing siderite minerals. Statistical data reveal the formation of three clusters of microbial communities based on taxonomical composition, key taxa among bacteria and archaea, and environmental parameters. Diversity and richness estimators decrease with sediment depth, with several similar prevailing clades located at the bottom of the core. Most of the taxa in the deep sediments could be associated with putative metabolisms involving organotrophic fermentation (Bathyarchaeia, Caldatribacteriota, and Chloroflexota). Various groups of methanogens (Methanoregulaceae, Methanosaetaceae, and Methanomassiliicoccales) and methanotrophic (Methanoperedenaceae) archaea are present in the sediment at variable relative abundances throughout the sampled depth. Based on the physicochemical characteristics of the sediment, carbon isotope analysis of carbonate minerals and DIC, and phylogenetic analysis of individual taxa and their metabolic potential, we present several models for subsurface siderite precipitation in Lake Baikal sediments.

AB - The gas hydrate-bearing structure—mud volcano Kedr-1 (Lake Baikal, southern basin)—is located near the coal-bearing sediments of the Tankhoy formation of Oligocene–Miocene age and can be an ideal source of gas-saturated fluid. A significant amount of siderite minerals (FeCO3) were collected from sediments at depths ranging from 0.5 to 327 cm below the lake floor (cmblf). An important feature of these carbonate minerals is the extremely strong enrichment in the heavy 13C isotope, reaching values of +33.3‰ VPDB. The δ13C of the siderite minerals, as well as their morphology and elemental composition, and the δ13CDIC of the co-existing pore water, differed across layers of the core, which implies at least two generations of siderite formation. Here, we leverage mineralogical and geochemical data with 16S rRNA data from the microbial communities in sediments surrounding layers containing siderite minerals. Statistical data reveal the formation of three clusters of microbial communities based on taxonomical composition, key taxa among bacteria and archaea, and environmental parameters. Diversity and richness estimators decrease with sediment depth, with several similar prevailing clades located at the bottom of the core. Most of the taxa in the deep sediments could be associated with putative metabolisms involving organotrophic fermentation (Bathyarchaeia, Caldatribacteriota, and Chloroflexota). Various groups of methanogens (Methanoregulaceae, Methanosaetaceae, and Methanomassiliicoccales) and methanotrophic (Methanoperedenaceae) archaea are present in the sediment at variable relative abundances throughout the sampled depth. Based on the physicochemical characteristics of the sediment, carbon isotope analysis of carbonate minerals and DIC, and phylogenetic analysis of individual taxa and their metabolic potential, we present several models for subsurface siderite precipitation in Lake Baikal sediments.

KW - 16S rRNA gene

KW - 16S rRNA gene

KW - Lake Baikal

KW - mcrA

KW - microbial communities

KW - next-generation sequencing (NGS)

KW - siderites

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7452a1e5-b623-3101-acd5-511d6c66debf/

U2 - 10.1111/gbi.12575

DO - 10.1111/gbi.12575

M3 - Article

VL - 21

SP - 770

EP - 790

JO - Geobiology

JF - Geobiology

SN - 1472-4677

IS - 6

ER -