Anaerobic degradation of alkanes by marine archaea

G Wegener, R Laso-Pérez, VJ Orphan… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Alkanes are saturated apolar hydrocarbons that range from their simplest form, methane, to
high-molecular-weight compounds. Although alkanes were once considered biologically …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetically and catabolically diverse diazotrophs reside in deep-sea cold seep sediments

X Dong, C Zhang, Y Peng, HX Zhang, LD Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbially mediated nitrogen cycling in carbon-dominated cold seep environments remains
poorly understood. So far anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME-2) and their sulfate …

[HTML][HTML] Recent findings in methanotrophs: genetics, molecular ecology, and biopotential

F Ahmadi, M Lackner - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2024 - Springer
The potential consequences for mankind could be disastrous due to global warming, which
arises from an increase in the average temperature on Earth. The elevation in temperature …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive genomic catalog from global cold seeps

Y Han, C Zhang, Z Zhao, Y Peng, J Liao, Q Jiang, Q Liu… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Cold seeps harbor abundant and diverse microbes with tremendous potential for biological
applications and that have a significant influence on biogeochemical cycles. Although recent …

Generation of zero-valent sulfur from dissimilatory sulfate reduction in sulfate-reducing microorganisms

S Wang, Q Lu, Z Liang, X Yu, M Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Dissimilatory sulfate reduction (DSR) mediated by sulfate-reducing microorganisms (SRMs)
plays a pivotal role in global sulfur, carbon, oxygen, and iron cycles since at least 3.5 billion …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological potential and evolutionary trajectories of syntrophic sulfate-reducing bacterial partners of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea

R Murali, H Yu, DR Speth, F Wu, KS Metcalfe… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sulfate-coupled anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is performed by multicellular
consortia of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) in obligate syntrophic partnership …

[HTML][HTML] Deep-branching ANME-1c archaea grow at the upper temperature limit of anaerobic oxidation of methane

D Benito Merino, H Zehnle, A Teske… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In seafloor sediments, the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) consumes most of the
methane formed in anoxic layers, preventing this greenhouse gas from reaching the water …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary ecology of microbial populations inhabiting deep sea sediments associated with cold seeps

X Dong, Y Peng, M Wang, L Woods, W Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Deep sea cold seep sediments host abundant and diverse microbial populations that
significantly influence biogeochemical cycles. While numerous studies have revealed their …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of Arctic methane emissions across the mid-Pleistocene

G Panieri, J Knies, S Vadakkepuliyambatta… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract During the Pleistocene, Earth's climate changed dramatically. The mid-Pleistocene
transition (MPT;~ 1.3–0.7 million years (Ma)) featured an important ice volume increase at …

In situ enrichment of sulphate-reducing microbial communities with different carbon sources stimulating the acid mine drainage sediments

Z Wu, X Yang, L Huang, S Li, F Xia, Y Qiu, X Yi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The applications of sulphate-reducing microorganisms (SRMs) in acid mine drainage (AMD)
treatment systems have received extensive attention due to their ability to reduce sulphate …