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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 762, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143113
Keywords
Trace elements; S-bearing minerals; Hydrothermal fluid; Lake sediment; Bacterial community; Sochagota Lake
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- MCIU-AEI-FEDER [PGC2018-094573-B-I00]
- Junta de Andalucia (Spain) [RNM325]
- Colombian research group Gestion Ambiental [COL0005468]
- Colombian research group Gestion de Recursos Hidricos [COL0005477]
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The study explored the relationship between trace element concentration in sediments from Sochagota Lake and organic matter content, mineral composition, and bacterial communities activity. Different regions of the lake showed distinct characteristics in terms of element enrichment, suggesting the possible influence of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the precipitation of hydrothermal S and accumulation of trace elements. Additionally, sulfur-oxidizing bacterial communities may play a role in oxidizing previously precipitated sulfide and releasing metals.
We studied the relationships between the trace element concentration in sediments from a saline lake at a tropical latitude (Sochagota Lake, Colombia) containing hydrothermal and anthropic inputs with the organic matter content, the mineral assemblage composition and the activity of the bacterial communities of the sediments. Organic matter-poor sediments (TOC < 0.7%) with quartz and kaolinite near the southern entrance of the lake were enriched in Zr (up to 603 mg/kg) and some major detrital elements (Na, Ti, Al and Si). Fine-sized clay-rich sediments deposited in the deep zones of the lake (central and northern segments) were characterized by substantial organic matter (up to 11.10%) and the crystallization of S-bearing minerals, clay mineral mixed layers and illite. These sediments were enriched in S, Fe, Zn, Mo, Rb, Co, K, Cr, Sb, Ni, As, Ba, Cu, Mn, Pb, P, Mg, and Sr. The presence of Fe sulfide nanoparticles enriched in heavy metals encrusting microbial cells and a dominant sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) community (Desulfatiglans, Desulfobacterales and Sva0485) suggested that the precipitation of the hydrothermal S and the accumulation of trace elements in the sediments was regulated by SRB activity. The crystallization of S degrees, barite and calcite and the good correlations between Ba, Sr and Ca indicated that previously precipitated sulfide can be oxidized by the activity of a relevant sulfur-oxidizing bacterial community (Thioalkalimicrobium, Sulfurovum, Arcobacter and Sulfurimonas), possibly facilitating the release of the metals. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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