Deep sea cold seep sediments host abundant and diverse microbial populations that
significantly influence biogeochemical cycles. While numerous studies have revealed their …

Methanotrophs in marine sediments and overlying water attenuate the emissions of
methane into the atmosphere and thus play an important role for the global cycle of this …

Sulfate is the predominant electron acceptor for anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in
marine sediments. This process is carried out by a syntrophic consortium of anaerobic …

The biological oxidation of methane by anaerobic microorganisms is a significant sink for
methane in the marine environment. Although there is convincing biogeochemical evidence …

Marine cold seeps are natural sites of methane emission and harbor distinct microbial
communities capable of oxidizing methane. The majority of known cold seeps are on …

Methane seeps are chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep-sea environment. Microbial
community structures have been extensively studied in the seepage-affected sediments and …

Methane in the seabed is mostly oxidized to CO2 with sulfate as the oxidant before it
reaches the overlying water column. This microbial oxidation takes place within the sulfate …

South China Sea (SCS) is the largest Western Pacific marginal sea. However, microbial
studies have never been performed in the cold seep sediments in the SCS. In …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to sulfate reduction is mediated by,
respectively, anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulfate reducing bacteria …

Metagenomics of marine sediments has uncovered a broad diversity of new uncultured taxa
and provided insights into their metabolic capabilities. Here, we detected microbial lineages …