Deep‐sea environments are the largest ecosystem of the global biosphere and constitute a
crucial role in global biogeochemical cycles. We integrated biogeochemical and molecular …

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas; methane production and consumption within seafloor
sediments has generated intense interest. Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) and …

The biogeochemical processes, anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) and
methanogenesis, control methane emission and create distinct geochemical profiles with …

Methane seeps are widespread seafloor ecosystems shaped by complex physicochemical-
biological interactions over geological timescales, and seep microbiomes play a vital role in …

Although coastal sediments are major contributors to the production of atmospheric
methane, the effects of environmental conditions on methanogenesis and the community of …

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 …

Total DNAs were extracted from different sections of deep sea sediment core sample
collected from the Western Pacific “Warm Pool”. The bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) …

Microbial production of methane is an important terminal metabolic process during organic
matter degradation in marine sediments. It is generally acknowledged that hydrogenotrophic …

Methane, a major greenhouse gas, plays an important role in global carbon cycling and
climate change. Methanogenesis is identified as an important process for methane formation …

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 …