Enzymatic (?) activity associated with humic substances in deep sediments from the Cariaco Trench and Walvis Ridge

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Feb 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987gecoa..51..373n&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 51, Issue 2, pp.373-378

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Sediment samples from the Cariaco Trench (DSDP Leg 15) and the Walvis Ridge (DSDP Leg 65) ranging in age from Holocene to Upper Miocene (approximately 8,000,000 years BP) and in depth from 5 to 258 m were extracted with basic sodium pyrophosphate and the extract analyzed for enzymic activity. Since no dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase or esterase activity was found, it is estimated from these data that the maximum bacterial population does not exceed 10 3 cells per gram dry sediment. Peroxidase activity was, however, found in most samples: this showed marked dependence on the humic substance concentration (expressed as percent of the organic carbon content) and increased with depth at a rate of 33 units per meter. To explain this observation, we favor an hypothesis based on the presence of active humic-enzyme association. The humic substances absorb and stabilize peroxidase which is liberated throughout the sediment column by lysis of cells. The association of the enzyme with the humic substances protects it from biodegradation and denaturation. This hypothesis agrees with laboratory experiments which show the enhanced stability of humic-enzyme complexes towards degradation by biological, chemical and thermal effects.

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