Sulfur contents and sulfur-isotope compositions of thiotrophic symbioses in bivalve molluscs and vestimentiferan worms

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作者
Vetter, RD
Fry, B
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Div Marine Biol Res, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Marine Biol Lab, Ctr Ecosyst, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1007/s002270050411
中图分类号
Q17 [水生生物学];
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071004 ;
摘要
Total sulfur (S-TOT), elemental sulfur (S degrees) and sulfur-isotope compositions (delta(34)S) Of marine animals were analyzed to determine whether these chemical characteristics could help distinguish animals with a sulfur-based, thiotrophic nutrition from animals whose nutrition is based on methanotrophy or on more normal consumption of phytoplankton-derived organic matter. The presence of S degrees was almost entirely confined to the symbiont-containing tissues of thiotrophs, but was sometimes undetectable in thiotrophic species where sulfide availability was probably low. When S degrees contents were subtracted, the remaining tissue-sulfur concentrations were similar for all nutritional groups. delta(34)S values were typically lower for thiotrophs than for other groups, although there was overlap in methanotroph and thiotroph values at some sites. Field evidence supported the existence of small to moderate (1 to 10%)S-34 fractionations in the uptake of sulfides and metabolism of thiosulfate. In general, a total sulfur content of >3% dry weight, the presence of elemental sulfur, and delta(34)S values less than +5%, can be used to infer a thiotrophic mode of nutrition.
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