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The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter: Bacterial Activity

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Organic Geochemistry

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 11))

Abstract

Bacteria are the primary agents of the early diagenesis of organic matter (OM) in marine sediments. The reasons for their predominant roles are straightforward: (1) they occur abundantly and universally throughout all marine sediments; (2) they can respire, reproduce, and, therefore, use OM more rapidly than any other organisms; (3) they possess enzymes and enzyme systems (in many cases, unique to the prokaryotic kingdom) that make them extraordinarily versatile in their nutritional requirements and abilities to alter a wide variety of particulate and dissolved organic (and inorganic) materials; and (4) they readily enter into complex associations with each other and with higher organisms in ways that produce powerful degradative capabilities beyond those of a single organism in isolation.

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