Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter

Hopane biomarker products were detected using microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of dissolved organic matter from natural aquatic systems colonised by bacterial populations. MSSV pyrolysis can reduce the polyhydroxylated alkyl side chain o...

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Main Authors: Greenwood, Paul, Leenheeer, J., McIntyre, C., Berwick, Lyndon, Franzmann, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44192
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author Greenwood, Paul
Leenheeer, J.
McIntyre, C.
Berwick, Lyndon
Franzmann, P.
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Leenheeer, J.
McIntyre, C.
Berwick, Lyndon
Franzmann, P.
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description Hopane biomarker products were detected using microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of dissolved organic matter from natural aquatic systems colonised by bacterial populations. MSSV pyrolysis can reduce the polyhydroxylated alkyl side chain of bacteriohopanepolyols, yielding saturated hopane products which are more amenable to GC–MS detection than their functionalised precursors. This example demonstrates how the thermal conditions of MSSV pyrolysis can reduce the biologically-inherited structural functionality of naturally occurring organic matter such that additional structural fragments can be detected using GC methods. This approach complements traditional analytical pyrolysis methods by providing additional speciation information useful for establishing the structures and source inputs of recent or extant organic material.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-441922017-09-13T14:29:23Z Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter Greenwood, Paul Leenheeer, J. McIntyre, C. Berwick, Lyndon Franzmann, P. Hopane biomarker products were detected using microscale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of dissolved organic matter from natural aquatic systems colonised by bacterial populations. MSSV pyrolysis can reduce the polyhydroxylated alkyl side chain of bacteriohopanepolyols, yielding saturated hopane products which are more amenable to GC–MS detection than their functionalised precursors. This example demonstrates how the thermal conditions of MSSV pyrolysis can reduce the biologically-inherited structural functionality of naturally occurring organic matter such that additional structural fragments can be detected using GC methods. This approach complements traditional analytical pyrolysis methods by providing additional speciation information useful for establishing the structures and source inputs of recent or extant organic material. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44192 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2005.12.009 Elsevier Science restricted
spellingShingle Greenwood, Paul
Leenheeer, J.
McIntyre, C.
Berwick, Lyndon
Franzmann, P.
Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title_full Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title_fullStr Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title_full_unstemmed Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title_short Bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
title_sort bacterial biomarkers thermally released from dissolved organic matter
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44192