Rare Earth Elements in Fe oxyhydroxides from biofilms containing iron-oxidizing bacteria
- Authors: Felitsyn S.B.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology of the RAS
- Issue: No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 452-461
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0024-497X/article/view/266985
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0024497X24040049
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/ZOFFZO
- ID: 266985
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Abstract
Fe oxyhydroxides extracted from modern-day biofilms with iron-oxidizing bacteria Arthrobacter spp., Gallionella spp и Leptothrix ochracea in the north-west of the East European platform display the enhanced content of rare earth elements – up to 1100 ppm. REE concentration in bacterial oxyhydroxides increase by one order in magnitude during 1 year suggesting the high sorption capacity of newly formed Fe mineral phases. La/YbN, Ce and Y anomalies in bacterial oxyhydroxides are consistent with geochemistry of the surface water facies where bacterial communities live. Isotopic composition of Nd in studied bacterial oxyhydroxides is controlled by the lithology of the Q-R underlying sediment and ambient water. 143Nd/144Nd values in Fe minerals of bacterial origin vary from 0.511570 to 0.512220 (eNd(0) from –21.8 to –9.2), the high proportion of radiogenic Nd is typical for the samples located on platform cover with Palaeozoic carbonate sediment.
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S. B. Felitsyn
Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology of the RAS
Author for correspondence.
Email: felitsynsergey@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
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