Diurnal Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycling and enhanced O2 production in a simulated Archean marine oxygen oasis

A. J. Herrmann, J. Sorwat, J. M. Byrne, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel and M. M. Gehringer ()
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A. J. Herrmann: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
J. Sorwat: University of Tübingen
J. M. Byrne: University of Tübingen
N. Frankenberg-Dinkel: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
M. M. Gehringer: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The oxygenation of early Earth’s atmosphere during the Great Oxidation Event, is generally accepted to have been caused by oceanic Cyanobacterial oxygenic photosynthesis. Recent studies suggest that Fe(II) toxicity delayed the Cyanobacterial expansion necessary for the GOE. This study investigates the effects of Fe(II) on two Cyanobacteria, Pseudanabaena sp. PCC7367 and Synechococcus sp. PCC7336, in a simulated shallow-water marine Archean environment. A similar Fe(II) toxicity response was observed as reported for closed batch cultures. This toxicity was not observed in cultures provided with continuous gaseous exchange that showed significantly shorter doubling times than the closed-culture system, even with repeated nocturnal addition of Fe(II) for 12 days. The green rust (GR) formed under high Fe(II) conditions, was not found to be directly toxic to Pseudanabaena sp. PCC7367. In summary, we present evidence of diurnal Fe cycling in a simulated shallow-water marine environment for two ancestral strains of Cyanobacteria, with increased O2 production under anoxic conditions.

Date: 2021
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