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Dissimilatory iron reduction and potential methane production in Chagan Lake wetland soils with carbon addition

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Dissimilatory iron reduction is increasingly becoming recognized as an influential process in freshwater sediments, coupling with carbon cycling. To evaluate the influence of organic matter addition on the reduction rates and dynamics of Fe(III) in wetland soils in Chagan Lake, soil slurry and microbial anaerobic incubation studies were conducted by adding a soluble and redox-active quinone (anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonate, AQDS), glucose and sodium pyruvate. In soil slurry experiment, glucose was added as a single doze and a pulsed input over time. Pulsed glucose addition promoted DIR, particularly in the later incubation stage. The addition of different forms of carbon significantly affected DIR in the inoculation experiment, and the addition of pyruvate increased DIR more than that of glucose in the wetland soil. The AQDS dramatically stimulated the potential DIR by 480-fold. A negative relationship was observed between pH and DIR. Besides, potential methane production was inhibited by the addition of ferrihydrite. These findings provide insight into the connection between iron and carbon input and emission.

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Acknowledgements

This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41601101, 41771106); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20150010), International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program (No. 20160065), Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (18JCYBJC23000) and Fundamental Research of Central Public Welfare Research Institutions (2018-szjj-wll). We give great thanks to Xuehui Dong and Mingyu Sang for their help in the chemical analyses.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun, 130118, China

    Xiaoyan Zhu, Xindong Wei & Chunqing Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China

    Yuxiang Yuan

  3. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Tianjin, 300191, China

    Lili Wang

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Conceptualization: Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuxiang Yuan; Methodology: Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuxiang Yuan; Chunqing Wang; Investigation: Xindong Wei; Yuxiang Yuan; Lili Wang; Writing: Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuxiang Yuan; Chunqing Wang; Data curation: Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuxiang Yuan; Funding acquisition: Xiaoyan Zhu, Lili Wang, Chunqing Wang.

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Zhu, X., Yuan, Y., Wei, X. et al. Dissimilatory iron reduction and potential methane production in Chagan Lake wetland soils with carbon addition. Wetlands Ecol Manage 29, 369–379 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09783-y

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