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Article Dans Une Revue Geochemical Perspectives Letters Année : 2017

Magnetotactic bacteria as a new model for P sequestration in the ferruginous Lake Pavin

E. Viollier
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The role of microorganisms in the geochemical cycle of P has received great interest in the context of enhanced biological phosphorus removal and phosphorite formation. Here, we combine scanning and transmission electron microscopies, confocal laser scanning microscopy and synchrotron-based x-ray microfluorescence to analyse the distribution of P at the oxic-anoxic interface in the water column of the ferruginous Lake Pavin. We show that magnetotactic bacteria of the Magnetococca-ceae family strongly accumulate polyphosphates and appear as P hotspots in the particulate fraction at this depth. This high accumulation may be characteristic of this family and may also relate to the chemical conditions prevailing in the lake. As a result, these magneto-tactic cocci can be considered as new models playing a potentially important role in the P geochemical cycle, similar to sulphide oxidising bacteria such as Thiomargarita and Beggiatoa but thriving in a ferruginous, poorly sulphidic environment.
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hal-01741645 , version 1 (23-03-2018)

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S. Rivas-Lamelo, K. Benzerara, C. T Lefèvre, C. L Monteil, D. Jézéquel, et al.. Magnetotactic bacteria as a new model for P sequestration in the ferruginous Lake Pavin. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 2017, 5, pp.35-41. ⟨10.7185/geochemlet.1743⟩. ⟨hal-01741645⟩
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