Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope
Pockmarks are geological features that often sustain hydrocarbon-related communities of microorganisms when active, seeping oil or methane. Microbial communities of inactive pockmarks have not been well studied until the present. Plenty of pockmarks in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have been disc...
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| author | Fernanda Mancini Nakamura Rafael Andre Lourenço Caio Augusto Magalhães Amanda Gonçalves Bendia Ana Carolina de Araújo Butarelli Julia Gasparini Passos Luiza Ferreira Soares Raissa Basti Ramos Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani Camila Negrão Signori Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida Vivian Helena Pellizari |
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Pockmarks are geological features that often sustain hydrocarbon-related communities of microorganisms when active, seeping oil or methane. Microbial communities of inactive pockmarks have not been well studied until the present. Plenty of pockmarks in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have been discovered. However, no information is available about the organic characteristics in association with the microbial diversity related to methane and non-methane hydrocarbon consumption. This study examined the identity and potential ecology of the methane-related microbial community in an inactive SW Atlantic Carbonate-enriched Pockmark (SWACP). Undisturbed sediment cores were enriched with CH4 99.5% at 5°C, with samples harvested at 16h, 120h, 240h, 720h, and 960h, followed by metataxonomics functional prediction, and the correlation of microbial groups with incubation and enrichment types. The SWACP is depleted in organic compounds, and chemosynthetic production is dominant. Incubated mini-cores of sediment were affected by incubation time and enrichment type, which influenced the microbial composition. Although several taxa were shared among all sediment samples, specific groups per enrichment type and incubation time were observed. These communities comprised taxa previously reported in marine bottom waters, carbonate crusts, active cold-seeps, and inactive pockmarks. The methane-enriched taxa were predominantly related to aerobic methanotrophy, methylotrophy, aerobic and anaerobic non-methane hydrocarbon degradation, and fermentation. This study brings the first survey of the key microbial groups in methane fluxes of a Brazilian deep-sea pockmark, providing data for understanding the ecology surrounding the SW Atlantic gas field areas.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8cab38935a0b4ff18adce8cf235caa722025-08-20T02:13:26ZengInstituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São PauloOcean and Coastal Research2675-28242022-12-0170Suppl. 2Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slopeFernanda Mancini NakamuraRafael Andre LourençoCaio Augusto MagalhãesAmanda Gonçalves BendiaAna Carolina de Araújo ButarelliJulia Gasparini PassosLuiza Ferreira SoaresRaissa Basti RamosTailisi Hoppe TrevizaniCamila Negrão SignoriMichel Michaelovitch de MahiquesPaulo Yukio Gomes SumidaVivian Helena Pellizari Pockmarks are geological features that often sustain hydrocarbon-related communities of microorganisms when active, seeping oil or methane. Microbial communities of inactive pockmarks have not been well studied until the present. Plenty of pockmarks in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have been discovered. However, no information is available about the organic characteristics in association with the microbial diversity related to methane and non-methane hydrocarbon consumption. This study examined the identity and potential ecology of the methane-related microbial community in an inactive SW Atlantic Carbonate-enriched Pockmark (SWACP). Undisturbed sediment cores were enriched with CH4 99.5% at 5°C, with samples harvested at 16h, 120h, 240h, 720h, and 960h, followed by metataxonomics functional prediction, and the correlation of microbial groups with incubation and enrichment types. The SWACP is depleted in organic compounds, and chemosynthetic production is dominant. Incubated mini-cores of sediment were affected by incubation time and enrichment type, which influenced the microbial composition. Although several taxa were shared among all sediment samples, specific groups per enrichment type and incubation time were observed. These communities comprised taxa previously reported in marine bottom waters, carbonate crusts, active cold-seeps, and inactive pockmarks. The methane-enriched taxa were predominantly related to aerobic methanotrophy, methylotrophy, aerobic and anaerobic non-methane hydrocarbon degradation, and fermentation. This study brings the first survey of the key microbial groups in methane fluxes of a Brazilian deep-sea pockmark, providing data for understanding the ecology surrounding the SW Atlantic gas field areas. https://www.journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/20530016S rRNA genehydrocarbonMethanotrophsMethylotrophsFermenters |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda Mancini Nakamura Rafael Andre Lourenço Caio Augusto Magalhães Amanda Gonçalves Bendia Ana Carolina de Araújo Butarelli Julia Gasparini Passos Luiza Ferreira Soares Raissa Basti Ramos Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani Camila Negrão Signori Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida Vivian Helena Pellizari Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope Ocean and Coastal Research 16S rRNA gene hydrocarbon Methanotrophs Methylotrophs Fermenters |
| title | Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope |
| title_full | Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope |
| title_fullStr | Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope |
| title_short | Methane-related community of a carbonate-enriched pockmark, Brazilian Southeastern continental slope |
| title_sort | methane related community of a carbonate enriched pockmark brazilian southeastern continental slope |
| topic | 16S rRNA gene hydrocarbon Methanotrophs Methylotrophs Fermenters |
| url | https://www.journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/205300 |
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