Microbial management of anaerobic digestion: exploiting the microbiome-functionality nexus

M Carballa, L Regueiro, JM Lema - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Requirements for microbial management in anaerobic digestion are
revised.•Bacterial evenness and active Archaea population are proposed as microbial …

Methyl (alkyl)-coenzyme M reductases: nickel F-430-containing enzymes involved in anaerobic methane formation and in anaerobic oxidation of methane or of short …

RK Thauer - Biochemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyzes the methane-forming step in methanogenic
archaea. The active enzyme harbors the nickel (I) hydrocorphin coenzyme F-430 as a …

Aquatic and terrestrial cyanobacteria produce methane

M Bižić, T Klintzsch, D Ionescu, MY Hindiyeh… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Evidence is accumulating to challenge the paradigm that biogenic methanogenesis,
considered a strictly anaerobic process, is exclusive to archaea. We demonstrate that …

Methane production as key to the greenhouse gas budget of thawing permafrost

C Knoblauch, C Beer, S Liebner, MN Grigoriev… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Permafrost thaw liberates frozen organic carbon, which is decomposed into carbon dioxide
(CO2) and methane (CH4). The release of these greenhouse gases (GHGs) forms a positive …

Methanogenesis in oxygenated soils is a substantial fraction of wetland methane emissions

JC Angle, TH Morin, LM Solden, AB Narrowe… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The current paradigm, widely incorporated in soil biogeochemical models, is that microbial
methanogenesis can only occur in anoxic habitats. In contrast, here we show clear …

Geological storage of hydrogen in deep aquifers–an experimental multidisciplinary study

PG Haddad, M Ranchou-Peyruse… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dihydrogen (H2) is a promising source of energy in the field of energy transition. Similarly to
natural gas, identifying storage solutions for large volumes of H2 is essential. Geological …

Microbial community structure and dynamics during anaerobic digestion of various agricultural waste materials

AM Ziganshin, J Liebetrau, J Pröter… - Applied microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
The influence of the feedstock type on the microbial communities involved in anaerobic
digestion was investigated in laboratory-scale biogas reactors fed with different agricultural …

Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

L Zhang, X Xia, S Liu, S Zhang, S Li, J Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Inland waters are large sources of methane to the atmosphere. However, considerable
uncertainty exists in estimating the emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from global …

[HTML][HTML] Production and consumption of methane in freshwater lake ecosystems

G Borrel, D Jézéquel, C Biderre-Petit… - Research in …, 2011 - Elsevier
The atmospheric concentration of methane (CH4), a major greenhouse gas, is mainly
controlled by the activities of methane-producing (methanogens) and methane-consuming …

Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea

ZS Hua, YL Wang, PN Evans, YN Qu, KM Goh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several recent studies have shown the presence of genes for the key enzyme associated
with archaeal methane/alkane metabolism, methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr), in …