Genomic insights into niche partitioning across sediment depth among anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea in global methane seeps

J Chen, Y Li, C Zhong, Z Xu, G Lu, H Jing, H Liu - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marine sediments are important methane reservoirs. Methane efflux from the seabed is
significantly restricted by anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea through a process …

Methane supply drives prokaryotic community assembly and networks at cold seeps of the South China Sea

M Niu, L Deng, L Su, SE Ruff, N Yang, M Luo… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine cold seeps are unique chemosynthetic habitats fuelled by deeply sourced
hydrocarbon‐rich fluids discharged at the seafloor. Through oxidizing methane and other …

Methane-metabolizing microbial communities in sediments of the Haima cold seep area, northwest slope of the South China Sea

M Niu, X Fan, G Zhuang, Q Liang… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cold seeps are widespread chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep-sea environment, and
cold seep microbial communities of the South China Sea are poorly constrained. Here we …

Metabolic diversification of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea in a deep-sea cold seep

WL Li, YZ Wu, G Zhou, H Huang, Y Wang - Marine Life Science & …, 2020 - Springer
Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) can assimilate methane and govern the
greenhouse effect of deep-sea cold seeps. In this study, a total of 13 ANME draft genomes …

Electron acceptor availability shapes anaerobically methane oxidizing archaea (ANME) communities in South Georgia sediments

A Schnakenberg, DA Aromokeye, A Kulkarni… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anaerobic methane oxidizing archaea (ANME) mediate anaerobic oxidation of methane
(AOM) in marine sediments and are therefore important for controlling atmospheric methane …

Active anaerobic archaeal Methanotrophs in recently emerged cold seeps of northern South China Sea

T Zhang, X Xiao, S Chen, J Zhao, Z Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cold seep ecosystems are developed from methane-rich fluids in organic rich continental
slopes, which are the source of various dense microbial and faunal populations. Extensive …

Methanotrophic archaea possessing diverging methane-oxidizing and electron-transporting pathways

FP Wang, Y Zhang, Y Chen, Y He, J Qi… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a crucial process limiting the flux of methane from
marine environments to the atmosphere. The process is thought to be mediated by three …

Comparison of communities of both methane-producing and metabolizing archaea and bacteria in sediments between the Northern South China Sea and Coastal Mai …

Z Zhou, J Chen, H Cao, P Han, J Gu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 - repository.ust.hk
Communities of methanogens, anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea and aerobic
methantrophic bacteria were compared by profiling mcrA and pmoA genes encoded by …

A metagenomic study of methanotrophic microorganisms in Coal Oil Point seep sediments

OE Håvelsrud, THA Haverkamp, T Kristensen… - BMC microbiology, 2011 - Springer
Background Methane oxidizing prokaryotes in marine sediments are believed to function as
a methane filter reducing the oceanic contribution to the global methane emission. In the …

Community structure and microbial associations in sediment-free methanotrophic enrichment cultures from a marine methane seep

H Yu, DR Speth, SA Connon, D Goudeau… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Syntrophic consortia of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulfate-reducing
bacteria (SRB) consume large amounts of methane and serve as the foundational …