Occurrence of highly abundant bacterial hopanoids in Dajiuhu peatland, central China

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Occurrence of highly abundant bacterial hopanoids in Dajiuhu peatland, central China

Ze ZHANG^1,2, Canfa WANG¹, Xuan QIU², Xianyu HUANG¹, Shucheng XIE²(

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1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

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Based on gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses, an amazing amount of hopanoids were detected in the peat deposits in the Dajiuhu National Wetland Park in Central China. The hopanoids identified included hopanes (C₂₇–C₃₁ αβ, C₂₇–C₃₂ββ, C₂₉βα), hopenes (hop-22(29)-ene, 22,29,30-trinorhop-17(21)-ene, hop-17(21)-ene, hop-13(18)-ene, etc.), hopanoic acids (C₃₁–C₃₄ ββ, C₃₂–C₃₃ βα, C₃₂ αβ), hopanols (C₃₂ββ and αβ) and hopanone (22,29,30-trinor-hop-21-one). C₃₁ αβ-22R hopane was found to be the dominant hopanoid, more abundant than individual n-alkanes derived from higher plants. These hopanoids, exclusive of some hopenes, are proposed to be primarily from bacteria. The dominant C₃₁ αβ-22R hopane in young sediments, without any thermal maturation, might be formed through microbial epimerization under acidic conditions in the peatland as suggested before, or directly from aerobic bacteria. This finding highlights the importance of microbes in the formation of peatland as well as in the reconstruction of paleoenvironments.

Keywords hopanoids bacteria peat paleoclimate microbial activity

Corresponding Author(s): XIE Shucheng,Email:xiecug@163.com

Issue Date: 05 September 2009

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Ze ZHANG,Canfa WANG,Xuan QIU, et al. Occurrence of highly abundant bacterial hopanoids in Dajiuhu peatland, central China[J]. Front Earth Sci Chin, 0, (): 320-326.

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Fig.1 Location of Dajiuhu peatland

Fig.2 Total iron chromatogram and m/z 191 iron chromatogram of the aliphatic fraction of the sample taken from the depth 92-93 cm. (The numbers on the peaks refer to carbon numbers of the compounds.)

Fig.3 Molecular structures of hopanoids mentioned in the text.
1-bacteriohopanetetrol, 2-diploptene, 3-C hop-21-ene, 4-C-Cbb hopanes, 5- C-Cba hopanes, 6- C-Cab hopanes, 7- C-Cbb hopanoic acids, 8- C-Cba hopanoic acids, 9- Cab hopanoic acid, 10- Cbb hopanol, 11- Cab hopanol, 12- Cba hopanol

Fig.4 M/z 191 mass chromatogram of polar fraction of the peat sample taken from the depth of 92-93 cm. (The numbers on the peaks refer to the carbon numbers of polar hopanoids)

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