Factors controlling the distribution of anaerobic methanotrophic communities in marine environments: evidence from intact polar membrane lipids

PE Rossel, M Elvert, A Ramette, A Boetius… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
Three distinct types of microbial consortia appear to mediate the anaerobic oxidation of
methane with sulfate as electron acceptor in marine sediments and are distributed …

[HTML][HTML] Organic geochemical characteristics of sediments in the natural gas hydrate geo-system in Shenhu area, South China Sea

L Pang, Y Li, P Guan, H Lu, Z Wang, Y Fang - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Shenhu area of the South China Sea is one of the leading areas for natural gas hydrate
investigation and exploitation in China. In this study, total organic carbon (TOC) content, total …

Pore-water dissolved inorganic carbon sources and cycling in the shallow sediments of the Haima cold seeps, South China Sea

W Liu, Z Wu, S Xu, J Wei, X Peng, J Li… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pore-water geochemical compositions provide the insights into seafloor cold seep activities
and biogeochemical processes of methane-derived carbon in sediments. In this study, six …

Contrasting bacterial and archaeal distributions reflecting different geochemical processes in a sediment core from the Pearl River Estuary

W Wang, J Tao, H Liu, P Li, S Chen, P Wang, C Zhang - AMB Express, 2020 - Springer
Microbial community structure and metabolic activities have profound impacts on
biogeochemical processes in marine sediments. Functional bacteria such as nitrate-and …

Contrasting archaeal and bacterial community assembly processes and the importance of rare taxa along a depth gradient in shallow coastal sediments

X Gong, Z Chen, Y Deng, D Zhao, P Gao… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine microbial communities assemble along a sediment depth gradient and are
responsible for processing organic matter. Composition of the microbial community along …

Stratification of Archaeal communities in shallow sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China

L Jiang, Y Zheng, J Chen, X Xiao, F Wang - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2011 - Springer
Microorganisms are known to play fundamental roles in the biogeochemical cycling of
carbon in the coastal environments. To get to know the composition and ecological roles of …

The impact of diffusive transport of methane on pore-water and sediment geochemistry constrained by authigenic enrichments of carbon, sulfur, and trace elements: a …

Y Hu, D Feng, J Peckmann, S Gong, Q Liang, H Wang… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane (SD-AOM) controls methane release from
marine sediments to the ocean. A variety of authigenic precipitates within sediments has …

Metagenomic insights into the functions of microbial communities in sulfur-rich sediment of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent off Kueishan Island

L Wang, Z Shen, X Cheng, JS Hwang, Y Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hydrothermal vent (HTV) systems are important habitats for understanding the biological
processes of extremophiles on Earth and their relative contributions to material and energy …

Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Gene-Based Investigation of Methanogens in the Mudflat Sediments of Yangtze River Estuary, China

J Zeleke, SL Lu, JG Wang, JX Huang, B Li, AV Ogram… - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
Methanogen populations of an intertidal mudflat in the Yangtze River estuary of China were
investigated based on the methyl coenzyme M reductase A (mcrA) gene using 454 …

Characterization and ecological function of bacterial communities in seabed sediments of the southwestern Yellow Sea and northwestern East China Sea, Western …

D Huang, Z Zhang, M Sun, Z Feng, M Ye - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The marine ecosystems of the marginal seas of the Western Pacific region are frequently
disturbed by terrigenous materials. It is of great significance to investigate the ecological …