Microbial methanogenesis in the sulfate-reducing zone of surface sediments traversing the Peruvian margin

J Maltby, S Sommer, AW Dale, T Treude - Biogeosciences, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
We studied the concurrence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in surface sediments
(0–25 cm below sea floor) at six stations (70, 145, 253, 407, 990 and 1024 m) along the …

Effects of pressure, methane concentration, sulfate reduction activity, and temperature on methane production in surface sediments of the Gulf of Mexico

GC Zhuang, A Montgomery, RJ Sibert… - Limnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial methanogenesis is a known source of methane in marine environment, but the
factors affecting the production of methane from different pathways remain largely …

Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in a Thioploca-dominated sediment off the coast of Chile

TG Ferdelman, C Lee, S Pantoja, J Harder… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 1997 - Elsevier
Continental shelf sediments of the central Chile upwelling area are dominated by the
presence of dense mats of the filamentous, sulfur-depositing bacterium Thioploca spp. We …

Multiple evidence for methylotrophic methanogenesis as the dominant methanogenic pathway in hypersaline sediments from the Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico

GC Zhuang, FJ Elling, LM Nigro, V Samarkin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the most extreme habitats on Earth, dark, deep, anoxic brines host unique microbial
ecosystems that remain largely unexplored. As the terminal step of anaerobic degradation of …

Methyl‐compounds driven benthic carbon cycling in the sulfate‐reducing sediments of South China Sea

L Xu, GC Zhuang, A Montgomery… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas; methane production and consumption within seafloor
sediments has generated intense interest. Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) and …

Methane and sulfate dynamics in sediments from mangrove-dominated tropical coastal lagoons, Yucatán, Mexico

PC Chuang, MB Young, AW Dale, LG Miller… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Porewater profiles in sediment cores from mangrove-dominated coastal lagoons (Celestún
and Chelem) on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, reveal the widespread coexistence of …

Biological methane production and accumulation under sulfate-rich conditions at Cape Lookout Bight, NC

GR Coon, PD Duesing, R Paul, JA Baily… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is hypothesized to occur through
reverse hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in marine sediments because sulfate reducers …

Evidence of active methanogen communities in shallow sediments of the Sonora Margin cold seeps

A Vigneron, S L'Haridon, A Godfroy… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT In the Sonora Margin cold seep ecosystems (Gulf of California), sediments
underlying microbial mats harbor high biogenic methane concentrations, fueling various …

On the relationship between methane production and oxidation by anaerobic methanotrophic communities from cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico

B Orcutt, V Samarkin, A Boetius… - Environmental …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in the marine subsurface is a significant sink for
methane in the environment, yet our understanding of its regulation and dynamics is still …

Co-existence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction with common substrates in sulfate-rich estuarine sediments

M Sela-Adler, Z Ronen, B Herut, G Antler… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The competition between sulfate reducing bacteria and methanogens over common
substrates has been proposed as a critical control for methane production. In this study, we …