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25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry IMOG 2011

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P-438<br />

Lipid biomarkers of archaeal and sulphate reducing bacterial<br />

aggregates in gas hydrate-bearing deep sea sediment<br />

Y<strong>on</strong>g-Che<strong>on</strong> Ahn 1 , Jang-Jun Bahk 2 , Jung-Hyun Lee 3 , Kyung-Ho<strong>on</strong> Shin 1<br />

1 Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea, 2 Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources,<br />

Daeje<strong>on</strong>, Republic of Korea, 3 Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, Republic of Korea,<br />

4 Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea (corresp<strong>on</strong>ding author:shinkh@hanyang.ac.kr)<br />

Gas hydrate has an importance as new<br />

alternative energy in the future and it is necessary to<br />

understand microorganism activity related to the<br />

producti<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of the gas hydrate and<br />

methane biogeochemical cycle. In the present study,<br />

origin of sedimentary organic matter related to the<br />

producti<strong>on</strong> of gas hydrate in the gas hydrate-bearing<br />

core sediment and n<strong>on</strong> bearing core sediment were<br />

determined using carb<strong>on</strong> and nitrogen stable isotope<br />

ratio and C/N ratio. Bulk organic matter of all sediment<br />

cores nearly seems to be marine algal origin,<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sidering carb<strong>on</strong> and nitrogen stable isotope ratio<br />

and C/N ratio.<br />

Also, lipid biomarkers c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s of archaeal<br />

and bacterial aggregates in the gas hydrate-bearing<br />

sediment were measured in the gas hydrate-bearing<br />

sediment. Some biomarkers (PMI and crocetane)<br />

related to the AOM(Anaerobic Oxidati<strong>on</strong> of Methane)<br />

and sulfate reducing bacteria(i-C15:0 and a-C15:0)<br />

were apparently detected at 100 ~ 150 cm depth in<br />

the gas hydrate-bearing core sediment(St.12-2),<br />

corresp<strong>on</strong>ding to metagenomic characterizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

sulfate-methane transiti<strong>on</strong> z<strong>on</strong>e (SMTZ).<br />

The current results provide useful informati<strong>on</strong> to<br />

understand distributi<strong>on</strong> of microorganism aggregate<br />

related to the producti<strong>on</strong> and c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of methane<br />

in the gas hydrate-bearing deep sea sediment from<br />

Ulleung-Basin, East Sea.<br />

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