Acetate is the precursor of approximately two-thirds of the methane produced in anaerobic
bioreactors. Only two genera of methanogenic archae are known to use acetate as sole …

INTRODUCTION My purpose here is both to describe certain features of methanogens (ie,
methane-producing bacteria) and to view the biology of this microbial group. I first heard the …

Marine coastlines colonized by seagrasses are a net source of methane to the atmosphere.
However, methane emissions from these environments are still poorly constrained, and the …

It would not have been possible for me to write the three editions of this book without a
double dose of extraordinary fortune: to have been part of the Woods Hole scientific …

The above statement, although meant to be tongue in cheek, contains an essential truism:
all work with inhibitors is inherently suspect. This fact has been known by biochemists for …

Presumed barriers to early dolomitization in normal seawater-derived pore fluids at earth-
surface temperatures appear to be overcome within some anoxic, organic-rich sediments as …

Awarding CO2 offset credits may incentivize seagrass restoration projects and help reverse
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global seagrass loss. However, no study has …

The effect of sulfate on methane production in Lake Mendota sediments was investigated to
clarify the mechanism of sulfate inhibition of methanogenesis. Methanogenesis was shown …

Methane produced in anoxic organic-rich sediments of Cape Lookout Bight, North Carolina,
enters the water column via two seasonally dependent mechanisms: diffusion and bubble …

This book contains chapters on (a) bacterial nutrition and metabolism (b) bacteria in detritus
food chains (c) the carbon cycle (d) the nitrogen cycle (e) the sulphur cycle (f) cycling of …