Inverse hydrogen isotope fractionation indicates heterotrophic microbial production of long-chain n-alkyl lipids in desolate Antarctic ponds

Chen, X; Liu, XD; Jia, HZ; Jin, J; Kong, WD; Huang, YS

Liu, XD (corresponding author), Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Anhui Prov Key Lab Polar Environm & Global Change, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China.; Huang, YS (corresponding author), Brown Univ, Dept Earth Environm & Planetary Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA.

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Abstract

Long-chain (>C-25) n-alkyl lipids have long been considered biomarkers for higher plant leaf waxes and widely applied for paleoclimate and paleoenv......

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