Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Borehole biosphere in 2007-2008

Merja Itävaara; Mari Nyyssönen; Malin Bomberg; Anu Kapanen; Aura Nousiainen; Lasse Ahonen; Jenni Hultman; Lars Paulin; Petri Auvinen; Ilmo T. Kukkonen

Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Borehole biosphere in 2007-2008

Merja Itävaara, Mari Nyyssönen, Malin Bomberg, Anu Kapanen, Aura Nousiainen, Lasse Ahonen, Jenni Hultman, Lars Paulin, Petri Auvinen, Ilmo T. Kukkonen

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Abstract

Three sampling campaigns were performed during the years 2007-2009 to develop microbiological sampling techniques and to study the deep biosphere in the Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole R2500, drilled into a Palaeoproterozoic sequence of rocks consisting of metasediments, ophiolite-derived altered ultramafic rocks and pegmatitic granite. The results revealed the presence of microbial communities in the saline fluids sampled from the open borehole and fracture systems in the low-porosity crystalline bedrock in Outokumpu. According to the microbiological analyses, the microbial cell density varies from 105 cells ml-1 at the surface to 103 ml-1 at 2350 m depth. The composition of microbial communities in the borehole was found to vary with sampling depth, and the changes appear to be connected to both geological and geochemical factors as well as to fracture zones in the bedrock. Sulphate reducing bacteria and methanogenic archaea are present throughout the borehole water column.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project 2003-2010
Editors	Ilmo T. Kukkonen
Place of Publication	Espoo
Publisher	Geological Survey of Finland
Pages	199-206
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-217-152-8
ISBN (Print)	978-952-217-151-1
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Publication series

Series	Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper
Number	51
ISSN	0782-8535

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Keywords

deep drilling
bedrock
boreholes
ground water
biosphere
microorganisms
bacteria
Archaea
Outokumpu
Finland

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Itävaara, M., Nyyssönen, M., Bomberg, M., Kapanen, A., Nousiainen, A., Ahonen, L., Hultman, J., Paulin, L., Auvinen, P., & Kukkonen, I. T. (2011). Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Borehole biosphere in 2007-2008. In I. T. Kukkonen (Ed.), Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project 2003-2010 (pp. 199-206). Geological Survey of Finland. Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper, No. 51

Itävaara, Merja ; Nyyssönen, Mari ; Bomberg, Malin ; Kapanen, Anu ; Nousiainen, Aura ; Ahonen, Lasse ; Hultman, Jenni ; Paulin, Lars ; Auvinen, Petri ; Kukkonen, Ilmo T. / Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Borehole biosphere in 2007-2008. Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project 2003-2010. editor / Ilmo T. Kukkonen. Espoo : Geological Survey of Finland, 2011. pp. 199-206 (Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper; No. 51).

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Microbiological sampling and analysis of the Outokumpu Deep Borehole biosphere in 2007-2008. / Itävaara, Merja; Nyyssönen, Mari ; Bomberg, Malin; Kapanen, Anu; Nousiainen, Aura; Ahonen, Lasse; Hultman, Jenni; Paulin, Lars; Auvinen, Petri; Kukkonen, Ilmo T.

Outokumpu Deep Drilling Project 2003-2010. ed. / Ilmo T. Kukkonen. Espoo : Geological Survey of Finland, 2011. p. 199-206 (Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper; No. 51).

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