Anaerobic oxidation of methane: progress with an unknown process

K Knittel, A Boetius - Annual review of microbiology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
methane on earth, namely the aerobic methanotrophic bacteria, the methanogenic archaea,
and their close relatives, the anaerobic … from the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), with …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane: an “active” microbial process

M Cui, A Ma, H Qi, X Zhuang, G Zhuang - MicrobiologyOpen, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… of methane in the atmosphere is determined by the balance of sources and sinks. The
anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is an important sink of the atmospheric methane

Anaerobic oxidation of methane and ammonium

M Strous, MSM Jetten - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Anaerobic oxidation of methane and ammonium are two different processes
catalyzed by completely unrelated microorganisms. Still, the two processes do have many …

A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

A Boetius, K Ravenschlag, CJ Schubert, D Rickert… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
… A large fraction of globally produced methane is converted to CO 2 by anaerobic oxidation
… evidence for net methane consumption in anoxic sediments is based on methane profiles 2 , …

The key nickel enzyme of methanogenesis catalyses the anaerobic oxidation of methane

S Scheller, M Goenrich, R Boecher, RK Thauer, B Jaun - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
… that the anaerobic oxidation of methane might proceed as … M reductase (MCR) as the
methane-activating enzyme 4,5 . … marburgensis converts methane into methyl-coenzyme M …

The anaerobic oxidation of methane: new insights in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry

KU Hinrichs, A Boetius - Ocean margin systems, 2002 - Springer
… Abstract: As the major biological sink of methane in marine sediments, the microbially
mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is crucial in its role of maintaining a sensitive …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane: mechanisms, bioenergetics, and the ecology of associated microorganisms

SL Caldwell, JR Laidler, EA Brewer… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
… evidence linking methanogens to anaerobic methane oxidation using radiotracer studies …
studied anaerobically oxidized small quantities of methane simultaneously with methane

Archaea catalyze iron-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

KF Ettwig, B Zhu, D Speth, JT Keltjens… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is crucial for controlling the emission of this potent …
oxidation of methane. We obtained an enrichment culture of these archaea under anaerobic, …

Nitrate‐and nitrite‐dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

CU Welte, O Rasigraf, A Vaksmaa… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… of the greenhouse gas methane. Anaerobic microorganisms couple the oxidation of methane
to the reduction of sulfate, nitrate and nitrite, and possibly oxidized iron and manganese …

Selective anaerobic oxidation of methane enables direct synthesis of methanol

VL Sushkevich, D Palagin, M Ranocchiari… - Science, 2017 - science.org
… This effectively anaerobic oxidation allows an efficient low-temperature activation of
methane, potentially suitable for local single-reactor conversion of the off-gas, and …