Carbon isotopic fractionation by Archaeans and other thermophilic prokaryotes

House, Christopher H. and Schopf, J.William and Stetter, Karl Otto (2003) Carbon isotopic fractionation by Archaeans and other thermophilic prokaryotes. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY, 34 (3). pp. 345-356. ISSN 0146-6380

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Abstract

This study of carbon isotopic fractionation in a wide array of 21 phylogenetically diverse microbial species provides an opportunity to correlate carbon isotopic fractionations with a biochemical pathway. These carbon isotopic fractionation experiments included two members of the Aquificales and two members of the Thermoproteales using the reductive TCA cycle, three members of the Sulfolobales using the 3-hydroxypropionate cycle, as well as three Archaeoglobales and seven methanogens using the acetyl-CoA pathway. In these experiments, microorganisms using the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle (with 6 values between 2.0 and 5.5parts per thousand) and the 3-hydroxypropionate cycle (with epsilon values between 0.2 and 3.6parts per thousand) demonstrated significantly less carbon isotopic fractionation than methanogens using the acetyl-CoA pathway. The results reported here for the acetyl-CoA pathway-utilizing microbes, however, vary over a remarkably wide range with epsilon values of 2.7 to 8.0parts per thousand for the Archaeoglobales and epsilon values of 4.8 to 26.7parts per thousand for the methanogens. The magnitude of carbon isotopic fractionation observed in species of Methanococcus were related to the particular growth status that had been attained by the various cultures, with increasing isotopic fractionation as growth proceeded. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: AUTOTROPHIC CO2 FIXATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; RIBULOSE BISPHOSPHATE; GENOME SEQUENCE; REDUCTION; DIOXIDE; GROWTH; LIPIDS;
Subjects: 500 Science > 570 Life sciences
Divisions: Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum)
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2021 12:05
Last Modified: 25 Aug 2021 12:05
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/39512

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