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dc.contributor.authorLittle, Crispin T.S.
dc.contributor.authorJohannessen, Karen Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorBengtson, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorChan, Clara S.
dc.contributor.authorIvarsson, M.
dc.contributor.authorSlack, John F.
dc.contributor.authorBroman, Curt
dc.contributor.authorThorseth, Ingunn Hindenes
dc.contributor.authorGrenne, Tor
dc.contributor.authorRouxel, Olivier J.
dc.contributor.authorBekker, Andrey
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T12:00:08Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T12:00:08Z
dc.date.created2021-06-02T12:31:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1472-4677
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984623
dc.description.abstractModern marine hydrothermal vents occur in a wide variety of tectonic settings and are characterized by seafloor emission of fluids rich in dissolved chemicals and rapid mineral precipitation. Some hydrothermal systems vent only low-temperature Fe-rich fluids, which precipitate deposits dominated by iron oxyhydroxides, in places together with Mn-oxyhydroxides and amorphous silica. While a proportion of this mineralization is abiogenic, most is the result of the metabolic activities of benthic, Fe-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB), principally belonging to the Zetaproteobacteria. These micro-organisms secrete micrometer-scale stalks, sheaths, and tubes with a variety of morphologies, composed largely of ferrihydrite that act as sacrificial structures, preventing encrustation of the cells that produce them. Cultivated marine FeOB generally require neutral pH and microaerobic conditions to grow. Here, we describe the morphology and mineralogy of filamentous microstructures from a late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) jasper (Fe-oxide-silica) deposit from the Jerome area of the Verde mining district in central Arizona, USA, that resemble the branching tubes formed by some modern marine FeOB. On the basis of this comparison, we interpret the Jerome area filaments as having formed by FeOB on the deep seafloor, at the interface of weakly oxygenated seawater and low-temperature Fe-rich hydrothermal fluids. We compare the Jerome area filaments with other purported examples of Precambrian FeOB and discuss the implications of their presence for existing redox models of Paleoproterozoic oceans during the “Boring Billion.”en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleA late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep-sea, low-temperature, iron-oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USAen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Authorsen_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gbi.12434
dc.identifier.cristin1913272
dc.source.journalGeobiologyen_US
dc.source.pagenumber228-249en_US
dc.identifier.citationGeobiology. 2021, 19 (3), 228-249.en_US
dc.source.volume19en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US


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