Microbial Fe(III) reduction as a potential iron source from Holocene sediments beneath Larsen Ice Shelf

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Jaewoo Jung, Kyu-Cheul Yoo, Brad E. Rosenheim, Tim M. Conway, Jae Il Lee, Ho Il Yoon, Chung Yeon Hwang, Kiho Yang, Christina Subt, Jinwook Kim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
• Subjects: Science; Q; Larsen Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13741-x; https://doaj.org/article/e418e4f92ade41039872fe3999901d3c

Recent recession of the Larsen Ice Shelf C has revealed that microbial alteration of illite can occur within marine sediments, a process previously thought to only occur abiotically during low-grade metamorphism. Here, the authors show that such microbial alteration of illite could provide a potenti...