Greenland Ice Sheet Surfaces Colonized by Microbial Communities Emit Volatile Organic Compounds
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surfaces Colonized by Microbial Communities Emit Volatile Organic Compounds. / Doting, Eva L.; Davie-Martin, Cleo L.; Johansen, Anders; Benning, Liane G.; Tranter, Martyn; Rinnan, Riikka; Anesio, Alexandre M.
In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 13, 886293, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Greenland Ice Sheet Surfaces Colonized by Microbial Communities Emit Volatile Organic Compounds
AU - Doting, Eva L.
AU - Davie-Martin, Cleo L.
AU - Johansen, Anders
AU - Benning, Liane G.
AU - Tranter, Martyn
AU - Rinnan, Riikka
AU - Anesio, Alexandre M.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by organisms for a range of physiological and ecological reasons. They play an important role in biosphere-atmosphere interactions and contribute to the formation of atmospheric secondary aerosols. The Greenland ice sheet is home to a variety of microbial communities, including highly abundant glacier ice algae, yet nothing is known about the VOCs emitted by glacial communities. For the first time, we present VOC emissions from supraglacial habitats colonized by active microbial communities on the southern Greenland ice sheet during July 2020. Emissions of C5-C30 compounds from bare ice, cryoconite holes, and red snow were collected using a push-pull chamber active sampling system. A total of 92 compounds were detected, yielding mean total VOC emission rates of 3.97 +/- 0.70 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from bare ice surfaces (n = 31), 1.63 +/- 0.13 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from cryoconite holes (n = 4), and 0.92 +/- 0.08 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from red snow (n = 2). No correlations were found between VOC emissions and ice surface algal counts, but a weak positive correlation (r = 0.43, p = 0.015, n = 31) between VOC emission rates from bare ice surfaces and incoming shortwave radiation was found. We propose that this may be due to the stress that high solar irradiance causes in bare ice microbial communities. Acetophenone, benzaldehyde, and phenylmaleic anhydride, all of which have reported antifungal activity, accounted for 51.1 +/- 11.7% of emissions from bare ice surfaces, indicating a potential defense strategy against fungal infections. Greenland ice sheet microbial habitats are, hence, potential sources of VOCs that may play a role in supraglacial microbial interactions, as well as local atmospheric chemistry, and merit future research efforts.
AB - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by organisms for a range of physiological and ecological reasons. They play an important role in biosphere-atmosphere interactions and contribute to the formation of atmospheric secondary aerosols. The Greenland ice sheet is home to a variety of microbial communities, including highly abundant glacier ice algae, yet nothing is known about the VOCs emitted by glacial communities. For the first time, we present VOC emissions from supraglacial habitats colonized by active microbial communities on the southern Greenland ice sheet during July 2020. Emissions of C5-C30 compounds from bare ice, cryoconite holes, and red snow were collected using a push-pull chamber active sampling system. A total of 92 compounds were detected, yielding mean total VOC emission rates of 3.97 +/- 0.70 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from bare ice surfaces (n = 31), 1.63 +/- 0.13 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from cryoconite holes (n = 4), and 0.92 +/- 0.08 mu g m(-2) h(-1) from red snow (n = 2). No correlations were found between VOC emissions and ice surface algal counts, but a weak positive correlation (r = 0.43, p = 0.015, n = 31) between VOC emission rates from bare ice surfaces and incoming shortwave radiation was found. We propose that this may be due to the stress that high solar irradiance causes in bare ice microbial communities. Acetophenone, benzaldehyde, and phenylmaleic anhydride, all of which have reported antifungal activity, accounted for 51.1 +/- 11.7% of emissions from bare ice surfaces, indicating a potential defense strategy against fungal infections. Greenland ice sheet microbial habitats are, hence, potential sources of VOCs that may play a role in supraglacial microbial interactions, as well as local atmospheric chemistry, and merit future research efforts.
KW - VOC
KW - glacier ice algae
KW - ice melt
KW - algal bloom
KW - cryoconite holes
KW - fungi
KW - biogenic volatiles
KW - red snow
KW - CHLAMYDOMONAS-REINHARDTII
KW - GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY
KW - FATTY-ACIDS
KW - EMISSIONS
KW - SNOW
KW - GROWTH
KW - TEMPERATURE
KW - METABOLITES
KW - RELEASE
KW - CARBON
U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2022.886293
DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2022.886293
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35747370
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Microbiology
JF - Frontiers in Microbiology
SN - 1664-302X
M1 - 886293
ER -
ID: 312370316