Planktonic marine iron-oxidizers drive iron mineralization under low oxygen conditions

Field, E. K.; Kato, S.; Findlay, A. J.; MacDonald, D. J.; Chiu, B. K.; Luther, G. W.; Chan, C. S.

doi:10.1111/gbi.12189

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Planktonic marine iron-oxidizers drive iron mineralization under low oxygen conditions

Field, E. K., Kato, S., Findlay, A. J., MacDonald, D. J., Chiu, B. K., Luther, G. W., Chan, C. S.·2016·Geobiology

DOI 10.1111/gbi.12189

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Observations of modern microbes have led to several hypotheses on how microbes precipitated the extensive iron formations in the geologic record, but we have yet to resolve the exact microbial contributions. An initial hypothesis was that cyanobacteria produced oxygen which oxidized iron abiotically; however, in modern environments such as microbial mats, where Fe(II) and O2 coexist, we commonly find microaerophilic chemolithotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria producing Fe(III) oxyhydroxides. This suggests that such iron oxidizers could have inhabited niches in ancient coastal oceans where Fe(II) and O2 coexisted, and therefore contributed to banded iron formations (BIFs) and other ferruginous deposits. However, there is currently little evidence for planktonic marine iron oxidizers in modern analogs. Here, we demonstrate successful cultivation of planktonic microaerophilic iron-oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria from the Chesapeake Bay during seasonal stratification. Iron oxidizers were associated with low oxygen concentrations and active iron redox cycling in the oxic-anoxic transition zone (<3 μm O2 , <0.2 μm H2 S). While cyanobacteria were also detected in this transition zone, oxygen concentrations were too low to support significant rates of abiotic iron oxidation. Cyanobacteria may be providing oxygen for microaerophilic iron oxidation through a symbiotic relationship; at high Fe(II) levels, cyanobacteria would gain protection against Fe(II) toxicity. A Zetaproteobacteria isolate from this site oxidized iron at rates sufficient to account for deposition of geologic iron formations. In sum, our results suggest that once oxygenic photosynthesis evolved, microaerophilic chemolithotrophic iron oxidizers were likely important drivers of iron mineralization in ancient oceans.

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Fe(II)-oxidisers were associated with low oxygen concentrations and active Fe redox cycling in the oxic-anoxic transition zone (<3 μM O2, <0.2 μM H2S) in Chesapeake Bay.
“These authors demonstrated that the Fe(II)-oxidisers were associated with low oxygen concentrations and active Fe redox cycling in the oxic-anoxic transition zone (<3 µ M O2, <0.2 µ M H2S).”
From Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history (2017) · cites this paper as Field et al., 2016
In that transition zone, oxygen concentrations were too low to support significant rates of abiotic Fe(II) oxidation.
“Although cyanobacteria were also detected in this transition zone, oxygen concentrations were too low to support significant rates of abiotic Fe(II) oxidation.”
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Authors: Field, E. K., Kato, S., Findlay, A. J., MacDonald, D. J., Chiu, B. K., Luther, G. W., & Chan, C. S.
Affiliations: University of Delaware (US)
Corresponding author: Chan, C. S.
ORCID: Field, E. K.
Kato, S.
Findlay, A. J.
Chiu, B. K.
Luther, G. W.
Chan, C. S.
Venue: Geobiology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-07-06
Volume: 14
Issue: 5
Pages: 499-508
ISSN: 1472-4669 (ISSN-L)
1472-4677
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12189
OpenAlex: W2468354634
Cited by: 41
References: 44
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 2
FWCI: 5.52
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#am (am, 365 d)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Geobiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation (EAR‐1151682, NSF OCE‐1155385)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX12AG20G)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Keywords: Zetaproteobacteria, iron mineralization, banded iron formations, iron oxyhydroxide, oxic-anoxic transition zone, low oxygen environment, cyanobacteria, iron redox cycling, iron toxicity, symbiosis, Chesapeake Bay, seasonal stratification
MeSH terms: Cyanobacteria, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen, Plankton, Seawater, Geologic Sediments, Proteobacteria, Iron Compounds

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