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Exceptional Preservation of Fungi as H2-Bearing Fluid Inclusions in an Early Quaternary Paleo-Hydrothermal System at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece

by
Magnus Ivarsson
1,2,*,
Stephanos P. Kilias
3,
Curt Broman
4,
Anna Neubeck
5,
Henrik Drake
6,
Ernest Chi Fru
7,
Stefan Bengtson
2,
Jonathan Naden
8,
Kleopatra Detsi
3 and
Martin J. Whitehouse
9
1
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
2
Department of Paleobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
3
Department of Economic Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zographou, 15784 Athens, Greece
4
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
5
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
6
Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnæus University, 392 31 Kalmar, Sweden
7
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Institute for Geobiology and Geochemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
8
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
9
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE10405 Stockholm, Sweden
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Minerals 2019, 9(12), 749; https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120749
Received: 5 November 2019 / Revised: 26 November 2019 / Accepted: 2 December 2019 / Published: 3 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomineralization in Ore Forming Processes)
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The production of H2 in hydrothermal systems and subsurface settings is almost exclusively assumed a result of abiotic processes, particularly serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. The origin of H2 in environments not hosted in ultramafic rocks is, as a rule, unjustifiably linked to abiotic processes. Additionally, multiple microbiological processes among both prokaryotes and eukaryotes are known to involve H2-production, of which anaerobic fungi have been put forward as a potential source of H2 in subsurface environments, which is still unconfirmed. Here, we report fungal remains exceptionally preserved as fluid inclusions in hydrothermal quartz from feeder quartz-barite veins from the Cape Vani Fe-Ba-Mn ore on the Greek island of Milos. The inclusions possess filamentous or near-spheroidal morphologies interpreted as remains of fungal hyphae and spores, respectively. They were characterized by microthermometry, Raman spectroscopy, and staining of exposed inclusions with WGA-FITC under fluorescence microscopy. The spheroidal aqueous inclusions interpreted as fungal spores are unique by their coating of Mn-oxide birnessite, and gas phase H2. A biological origin of the H2 resulting from anaerobic fungal respiration is suggested. We propose that biologically produced H2 by micro-eukaryotes is an unrecognized source of H2 in hydrothermal systems that may support communities of H2-dependent prokaryotes. View Full-Text
Keywords: fungi; hydrothermal system; molecular hydrogen fungi; hydrothermal system; molecular hydrogen
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Ivarsson, M.; Kilias, S.P.; Broman, C.; Neubeck, A.; Drake, H.; Chi Fru, E.; Bengtson, S.; Naden, J.; Detsi, K.; Whitehouse, M.J. Exceptional Preservation of Fungi as H2-Bearing Fluid Inclusions in an Early Quaternary Paleo-Hydrothermal System at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece. Minerals 2019, 9, 749. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120749

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Ivarsson M, Kilias SP, Broman C, Neubeck A, Drake H, Chi Fru E, Bengtson S, Naden J, Detsi K, Whitehouse MJ. Exceptional Preservation of Fungi as H2-Bearing Fluid Inclusions in an Early Quaternary Paleo-Hydrothermal System at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece. Minerals. 2019; 9(12):749. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120749

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Ivarsson, Magnus, Stephanos P. Kilias, Curt Broman, Anna Neubeck, Henrik Drake, Ernest Chi Fru, Stefan Bengtson, Jonathan Naden, Kleopatra Detsi, and Martin J. Whitehouse. 2019. "Exceptional Preservation of Fungi as H2-Bearing Fluid Inclusions in an Early Quaternary Paleo-Hydrothermal System at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece" Minerals 9, no. 12: 749. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120749

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