Sediment mineralogy influences the rate of microbial sulfate reduction in marine sediments

• Main Authors: Lin, Chin Yik, Bradbury, Harold J., Antler, Gilad, Burdige, David J., Bennett, Thomas D., Li, Shichun, V. Turchyn, Alexandra
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: QE Geology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/40815/

Sedimentary microbial communities play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, oxidizing deposited organic carbon and thus influencing the type of carbon buried from Earth's surface. The rate of microbial metabolism within sedimentary microbial communities is often linked to the lability an...