Methyl-based methanogenesis: an ecological and genomic review

CP Bueno de Mesquita, D Wu… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methyl-based methanogenesis is one of three broad categories of archaeal anaerobic
methanogenesis, including both the methyl dismutation (methylotrophic) pathway and the …

Potential role of submerged macrophytes for oxic methane production in aquatic ecosystems

S Hilt, HP Grossart, DF McGinnis… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) from aquatic ecosystems contributes to about half of total global CH4
emissions to the atmosphere. Until recently, aquatic biogenic CH4 production was …

Methane formation driven by reactive oxygen species across all living organisms

L Ernst, B Steinfeld, U Barayeu, T Klintzsch, M Kurth… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Methane (CH4), the most abundant hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, originates
largely from biogenic sources linked to an increasing number of organisms occurring in oxic …

Aerobic oxidation of methane significantly reduces global diffusive methane emissions from shallow marine waters

SH Mao, HH Zhang, GC Zhuang, XJ Li, Q Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Methane is supersaturated in surface seawater and shallow coastal waters dominate global
ocean methane emissions to the atmosphere. Aerobic methane oxidation (MOx) can reduce …

Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity

B Al-Shayeb, MC Schoelmerich, J West-Roberts… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Anaerobic methane oxidation exerts a key control on greenhouse gas emissions, yet factors
that modulate the activity of microorganisms performing this function remain poorly …

Methylphosphonate-driven methane formation and its link to primary production in the oligotrophic North Atlantic

JN von Arx, AT Kidane, M Philippi, W Mohr… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Methylphosphonate is an organic phosphorus compound used by microorganisms when
phosphate, a key nutrient limiting growth in most marine surface waters, becomes …

Multiple sources of aerobic methane production in aquatic ecosystems include bacterial photosynthesis

E Perez-Coronel, J Michael Beman - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Aquatic ecosystems are globally significant sources of the greenhouse gas methane to the
atmosphere. Until recently, methane production was thought to be a strictly anaerobic …

Origin and evolution of nitrogen fixation in prokaryotes

HW Pi, JJ Lin, CA Chen, PH Wang… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The origin of nitrogen fixation is an important issue in evolutionary biology. While nitrogen is
required by all living organisms, only a small fraction of bacteria and archaea can fix …

Magnitude and drivers of oxic methane production in small temperate lakes

SD Thottathil, PCJ Reis, YT Prairie - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methanogenesis is traditionally considered as a strictly anaerobic process. Recent evidence
suggests instead that the ubiquitous methane (CH4) oversaturation found in freshwater …

Integrative biohydrogen-and biomethane-producing bioprocesses for comprehensive production of biohythane

HH Kim, S Saha, JH Hwang, MA Hosen, YT Ahn… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production of biohythane, a combination of energy-dense hydrogen and methane, from
the anaerobic digestion of low-cost organic wastes has attracted attention as a potential …