Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane
International audience Microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) substantially mitigates atmospheric methane emissions on Earth and is a process to consider for astrobiological targets where methane has been detected. The measurement of doubly substituted, or "clumped", methane isotop...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:insu-04155736v1 2023-07-30T04:07:11+02:00 Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane Liu, Jiarui Harris, Rachel L. Ash, Jeanine L. Ferry, James G. Krause, Sebastian J. E. Labidi, Jabrane Prakash, Divya Sherwood Lollar, Barbara Treude, Tina Warr, Oliver Young, Edward D. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP (UMR_7154)) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) 2023 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736/file/1-s2.0-S0016703723000972-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022 insu-04155736 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736 https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736/file/1-s2.0-S0016703723000972-main.pdf BIBCODE: 2023GeCoA.348.165L doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0016-7037 EISSN: 0016-7037 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023, 348, pp.165-186. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022⟩ Methane isotopologues Methyl-coenzyme M reductase Kinetic fractionation Equilibrium fractionation Isotopic bond re-ordering Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2023 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022 2023-07-12T16:21:53Z International audience Microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) substantially mitigates atmospheric methane emissions on Earth and is a process to consider for astrobiological targets where methane has been detected. The measurement of doubly substituted, or "clumped", methane isotopes has proven useful in tracing processes of methane formation and oxidation. Both near-equilibrium and extreme disequilibrium methane clumped isotope signatures can be attributed to AOM, but, to date, understanding the mechanistic and environmental controls on those signatures has been lacking. We report measurements of methane clumped isotope compositions of residual methane in AOM-active microbial incubations using sediment slurries from Svalbard and Santa Barbara Channel methane seeps. Incubation experiments of Svalbard sediment slurries resulted in residual methane with very high Δ 13 CH 3 D and Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 values up to 19.5‰ and 65.1‰, respectively. We found similarly high Δ 13 CH 3 D and Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 values in fluid samples from the Chamorro Seamount, a serpentinite mud volcano in the Mariana forearc, suggesting that minimal reversibility of AOM intracellular reactions leads to kinetic fractionation of clumped isotopologues. When conditions were consistent with a low thermodynamic drive for AOM, however, methane isotopologues approached intra-species quasi-equilibrium. This was clearly observed in isotope exchange experiments with methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) and in microbial incubations of the Santa Barbara Channel sediment slurries. Using an isotopologue fractionation model, we highlight the critical role of reversibility in controlling the trajectory of gases in Δ 13 CH 3 D vs. Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 space during AOM. The near-equilibrium methane isotopologue signatures are generalized as a result of the Mcr-catalyzed intracellular isotope exchange operating under near-threshold free energy conditions, as shown in the deep-biosphere incubations. Our results show that the reversibility of the Mcr-catalyzed reaction is ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Svalbard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 348 165 186 |
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Methane isotopologues Methyl-coenzyme M reductase Kinetic fractionation Equilibrium fractionation Isotopic bond re-ordering Earth Science [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] Liu, Jiarui Harris, Rachel L. Ash, Jeanine L. Ferry, James G. Krause, Sebastian J. E. Labidi, Jabrane Prakash, Divya Sherwood Lollar, Barbara Treude, Tina Warr, Oliver Young, Edward D. Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane |
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International audience Microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) substantially mitigates atmospheric methane emissions on Earth and is a process to consider for astrobiological targets where methane has been detected. The measurement of doubly substituted, or "clumped", methane isotopes has proven useful in tracing processes of methane formation and oxidation. Both near-equilibrium and extreme disequilibrium methane clumped isotope signatures can be attributed to AOM, but, to date, understanding the mechanistic and environmental controls on those signatures has been lacking. We report measurements of methane clumped isotope compositions of residual methane in AOM-active microbial incubations using sediment slurries from Svalbard and Santa Barbara Channel methane seeps. Incubation experiments of Svalbard sediment slurries resulted in residual methane with very high Δ 13 CH 3 D and Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 values up to 19.5‰ and 65.1‰, respectively. We found similarly high Δ 13 CH 3 D and Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 values in fluid samples from the Chamorro Seamount, a serpentinite mud volcano in the Mariana forearc, suggesting that minimal reversibility of AOM intracellular reactions leads to kinetic fractionation of clumped isotopologues. When conditions were consistent with a low thermodynamic drive for AOM, however, methane isotopologues approached intra-species quasi-equilibrium. This was clearly observed in isotope exchange experiments with methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) and in microbial incubations of the Santa Barbara Channel sediment slurries. Using an isotopologue fractionation model, we highlight the critical role of reversibility in controlling the trajectory of gases in Δ 13 CH 3 D vs. Δ 12 CH 2 D 2 space during AOM. The near-equilibrium methane isotopologue signatures are generalized as a result of the Mcr-catalyzed intracellular isotope exchange operating under near-threshold free energy conditions, as shown in the deep-biosphere incubations. Our results show that the reversibility of the Mcr-catalyzed reaction is ... |
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Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane |
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Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane |
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ISSN: 0016-7037 EISSN: 0016-7037 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta https://insu.hal.science/insu-04155736 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023, 348, pp.165-186. ⟨10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022⟩ |
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