Geomicrobiology of cores from Suruí Mangrove--Guanabara Bay--Brazil.
The aim of this work was to quantify the biopolymers associated to esterase enzymes and identify bacterial respiratory activity in four cores collected in Suruí Mangrove, Guanabara Bay - RJ. Biopolymer concentration was 1000 times lower than previously reported in the literature, indicating the need for creating and establishing eutrophication indicative rates and records compatible with tropical coastal systems. The biochemical representative relationships in the cores were equivalent to those from studies on coastal marine environments made in the Northern Hemisphere. The esterase enzymes in the sediment proved efficient in the mineralization of biopolymers, even with preferentially anaerobic metabolic physiology. Despite the lack of incipient geomicrobiological studies, the results highlighted the possible application of microbiology to a better understanding of geological processes.
Fontana
Luiz Francisco
LF
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geologia e Geofísica Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. General Milton de Tavares de Souza, Niterói, RJ, CEP 24210-340, Brazil. lffontana@hotmail.com
Mendonça Filho
João Graciano
JG
Netto
Annibal Duarte Pereira
AD
Sabadini-Santos
Elisamara
E
de Figueiredo
Alberto Garcia
AG
Crapez
Mirian Araújo Carlos
MA
D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D001938:Brazil; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*
D001704:Biopolymers