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Estudios de isótopos de oxígeno y hierro de magnetita producida por bacterias magnetotactas

Mandernack¹, Bazylinski, Shanks

¹Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA. Department of Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA. Water R.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|September 18, 1999

Resumen

La fraccionamiento de isótopos de hierro no se detectó en la magnetita bacteriana. Sin embargo, los isótopos de oxígeno mostraron fraccionamiento dependiente de la temperatura, ofreciendo nuevos conocimientos para los estudios paleoambientales.

Área de la Ciencia:

La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
Microbiología Microbiología.
La biomineralización es la biomineralización.

Sus antecedentes:

Las bacterias magnetotácticas producen magnetita intracelular (Fe3O4).
La fraccionamiento de isótopos en la magnetita biogénica no se entiende completamente.
Las curvas de fraccionamiento existentes se basan en modelos teóricos o de alta temperatura.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar la fraccionamiento de isótopos de oxígeno y hierro durante la biomineralización de magnetita intracelular.
Comparar la fraccionamiento de magnetita bacteriana con modelos extracelulares y teóricos.
Establecer una nueva curva de fraccionamiento de isótopos de oxígeno para la magnetita bacteriana.

Principales métodos:

Estudios de laboratorio en dos especies de bacterias magnetotacticas.
Temperaturas controladas (4-35°C) y condiciones de oxígeno (microaerobio, anaerobio).
Análisis de isótopos de oxígeno y hierro en magnetita biogénica.

Principales resultados:

No hay fraccionamiento de isótopos de hierro detectable en la magnetita bacteriana.
La fraccionamiento de isótopos de oxígeno en la magnetita es dependiente de la temperatura.
La fraccionamiento de oxígeno observado se alinea con la producción de magnetita bacteriana termofílica extracelular.

Conclusiones:

La fraccionamiento del isótopo de oxígeno de la magnetita bacteriana es dependiente de la temperatura.
Este hallazgo contrasta con las curvas de fraccionamiento teóricas y de alta temperatura existentes.
Los valores de isótopos de oxígeno-18 en la magnetita bacteriana pueden ayudar a las reconstrucciones paleoambientales, incluidas las paleotemperaturas y los valores de isótopos de agua de formación.

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