Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

GL Chadwick, CT Skennerton, R Laso-Pérez… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulfate reduction is a microbially mediated
process requiring a syntrophic partnership between anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) …

Mud volcanism: An updated review

A Mazzini, G Etiope - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Mud volcanism, or sedimentary volcanism, represents one of the most intriguing phenomena
of the Earth's crust, with important implications in energy resource exploration, seismicity …

Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical, microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales

SD Bridgham, H Cadillo‐Quiroz, JK Keller… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the dynamics of methane (CH 4) emissions is of paramount importance
because CH 4 has 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and is …

Reverse methanogenesis and respiration in methanotrophic archaea

PHA Timmers, CU Welte, JJ Koehorst, CM Plugge… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is catalyzed by anaerobic methane‐oxidizing
archaea (ANME) via a reverse and modified methanogenesis pathway. Methanogens can …

Microbially catalyzed dolomite formation: from near-surface to burial

DA Petrash, OM Bialik, TRR Bontognali… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past century a number of models have been developed to explain the vast
stratigraphic distribution of authigenic dolomite. These models include hydrogeological …

Salinity causes widespread restriction of methane emissions from small inland waters

C Soued, MJ Bogard, K Finlay, LE Bortolotti… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Inland waters are one of the largest natural sources of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse
gas, but emissions models and estimates were developed for solute-poor ecosystems and …

Anaerobic oxidation of methane: progress with an unknown process

K Knittel, A Boetius - Annual review of microbiology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Methane is the most abundant hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, and it is an important
greenhouse gas, which has so far contributed an estimated 20% of postindustrial global …

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 CO2 by anaerobic oxidation in
marine sediments. Strong geochemical evidence for net methane consumption in anoxic …

Manganese-and iron-dependent marine methane oxidation

EJ Beal, CH House, VJ Orphan - Science, 2009 - science.org
Anaerobic methanotrophs help regulate Earth's climate and may have been an important
part of the microbial ecosystem on the early Earth. The anaerobic oxidation of methane …

Microbial ecology of the dark ocean above, at, and below the seafloor

BN Orcutt, JB Sylvan, NJ Knab… - … and molecular biology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The majority of life on Earth—notably, microbial life—occurs in places that do not receive
sunlight, with the habitats of the oceans being the largest of these reservoirs. Sunlight …