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SCIENCE ADVANCES
卷 8, 期 20, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm7625
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- National Science Foundation [OPP-1737712, OPP-1836981, DDRI-1657743]
- University of Iceland
- University of Iceland Research Fund
Bacterial brGDGT lipids are widely used in the study of terrestrial paleoclimate, and their distributions are correlated with environmental temperature and pH. This research found strong resemblances in the relationships between brGDGT fractional abundances and both temperature and pH, suggesting a physiological and/or biochemical basis for observed brGDGT distributions.
Bacterial brGDGT lipids are a prevalent tool in studies of terrestrial paleoclimate. Their distributions correlate empirically with environmental temperature and pH, and their ubiquity in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments gives them wide applicability. Whether correlations with temperature and pH emerge due to a physiological response of source organisms and/or a shift in bacterial community composition remains an open question with important implications for proxy development and application. We applied a newly described technique for grouping brGDGTs to a globally compiled dataset (n = 3129) consisting of all modern sample media known to host brGDGTs. We found strong resemblances in the relationships between brGDGT fractional abundances and both temperature and pH across nearly all sample types examined. We also found near-universal connections between the brGDGTs themselves. Given the markedly different bacterial communities expected to inhabit these settings, these widespread relationships may suggest physiological and/or biochemical bases for observed brGDGT distributions.
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