Oxygen and iron isotope studies of magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria
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By: K.W. Mandernack, D.A. Bazylinski, Wayne C. Shanks III, and T.D. Bullen
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Abstract
A series of carefully controlled laboratory studies was carried out to investigate oxygen and iron isotope fractionation during the intracellular production of magnetite (Fe3O4) by two different species of magnetotactic bacteria at temperatures between 4??and 35??C under microaerobic and anaerobic conditions. No detectable fractionation of iron isotopes in the bacterial magnetites was observed. However, oxygen isotope measurements indicated a temperature-dependent fractionation for Fe3O4 and water that is consistent with that observed for Fe3O4 produced extracellularly by thermophilic Fe3+-reducing bacteria. These results contrast with established fractionation curves estimated from either high-temperature experiments or theoretical calculations. With the fractionation curve established in this report, oxygen-18 isotope values of bacterial Fe3O4 may be useful in paleoenvironmental studies for determining the oxygen-18 isotope values of formation waters and for inferring paleotemperatures.
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Mandernack, K., Bazylinski, D., Shanks, W.C., Bullen, T., 1999, Oxygen and iron isotope studies of magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria: Science, v. 285, no. 5435, p. 1892-1896, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.285.5435.1892.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Oxygen and iron isotope studies of magnetite produced by magnetotactic bacteria |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.285.5435.1892 |
| Volume | 285 |
| Issue | 5435 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science |
| First page | 1892 |
| Last page | 1896 |