Table 1. Presence and absence of aminopentol and related methylated and unsaturated homologues in previously investigated environmental settings.
| aminopentol | aminotetrol | aminotriol | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | I | ΔI | I3Me | II | II3Me | III | III3Me | Reference |
| Soils | ||||||||
| Pasture [manured] (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | + | [112] |
| Pasture [not manured] (UK) | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | [112] |
| Rice Paddy (Vietnam) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [112] |
| Woodland (North East England) | + | - | - | + | - | + | + | [112] |
| South West France | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [116] |
| Amazon | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [109] |
| Congo | + | + | - | + | - | + | + | [40] |
| Lean Delta Peamafrost [ice complex] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [110] |
| Human Sewage [treated] | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [117] |
| Forest, Grassland Soils (Alberta, Canada) | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [118] |
| Peat and Lignite | ||||||||
| River Tet Catchment (France) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [116] |
| Moorhouse (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [46] |
| Misten Bog (Belgium) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [119] |
| Bisendorfer Moor (Germany) | + | - | - | + | - | + | + | [111] |
| The Cobham Lignite (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [49] |
| Geothermal Environments | + | |||||||
| Cyanobacterial mat (Surprise Valley, Nevada, USA) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [120] |
| Silica Sinter (Orakie Korako, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand) | + | - | + | + | - | + | - | [113] |
| Silica Sinter (Champagne Pool, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [121] |
| Orange mat (Yellowstone, USA) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [122] |
| Other Microbial mats | ||||||||
| Mars Oasic (Antarctica) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [48] |
| Hypolith (Devon Island, Arctic) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [48] |
| Cyanobacterial Mat (Christmas Island, Kiribati) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [123] |
| Lake Sediments | ||||||||
| Lake Windermere (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | ¶ |
| Lake Cadagno (Switzerland) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26] |
| Lake Holzmaar (Germany) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26] |
| Lake Nkunga (Kenya) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [45] |
| Priest Pot (England) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26,45] |
| La Piscina de Yuriria (Mexico) | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | [26,45] |
| Laguna de Zempoala (Mexico) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26] |
| Loch Ness (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26,45] |
| Lake Druzhby (Antarctica) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26,45] |
| Sombre Lake (Signy Island, Southern Atlantic Ocean) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26] |
| Heywood Lake (Signy Island, Southern Atlantic Ocean) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [26] |
| Ace Lake [Freshwater unit] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [104] |
| Ace Lake [meromictic unit] | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [104] |
| Ace Lake [marine unit] | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [104] |
| Wetlands | ||||||||
| Amazon | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | [109] |
| Congo | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | [40] |
| Stream/River/Estuary Sediments | ||||||||
| Arctic Rivers (Indigirka, Kolyma, Lena, Ob, Yenisei, Yukon, Mackenzie) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [124] |
| Glacial Outflow Stream (Svalbard) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [125] |
| Kalix River [surface sediment transect] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [126] |
| Kolyma River [surface sediment transect] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [127] |
| Yenisei River [mouth, and surrounding area] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [128] |
| Yangtze River [estuary, inner shelf] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [82,129] |
| Congo River [estuary] | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | [14,40] |
| Water Column | ||||||||
| Priest Pot [pond] (UK) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | ¶ |
| River Water (Panama) | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [130] |
| Yenisei River | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [128] |
| Black Sea [oxic/anoxic transition zone] | + | - | + | + | - | + | - | [12] |
| Black Sea [oxic/anoxic transition zone] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [108] |
| Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [107] |
| Marine Water (off Panama coast) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [130] |
| Pelagic [sub-oxic and anoxic] (Arabian Sea, Peru Margin, Cariaco Basin) | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [90] |
| Cariaco Basin | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [131] |
| California Current | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [91] |
| Modern/Recent Marine Sediments | ||||||||
| Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [107] |
| Congo River Deep-Sea Fan | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | [14] |
| Amazon Shelf and Fan | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [109] |
| East Siberian Arctic Shelf | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [79,126] |
| Black Sea | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [88] |
| Southwest African Coast | - | - | - | + | - | + | (+) | [89] |
| Chukchi Sea | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [132] |
| Alaskan Beaufort Sea | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [132] |
| Baltic Sea | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [133] |
| Marine Carbonates | ||||||||
| Carbonate, Gulf of Mexico | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [72] |
| Authigenic carbonates, Gulf of Mexico | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [41] |
| Seep Carbonate, Arabian Sea | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [106] |
| Other samples | ||||||||
| Membrane Foulant [river water] | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | [134] |
| Membrane Foulant [brackish water] | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | [134] |
| Membrane Foulants [seawater] | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | [134] |
| Mussel Gill Tissue | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | [103] |
+, detected in at least one of the samples; -, not detected in any of the samples
(+) indicates a methylated aminotriol was detected but the position of methylation was not identified
¶Talbot and Farrimond, unpublished data