Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome

C Amano, Z Zhao, E Sintes, T Reinthaler… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Deep-sea microbial communities are exposed to high-pressure conditions, which has a
variable impact on prokaryotes depending on whether they are piezophilic (that is, pressure …

Transition of biogenic coal-to-methane conversion from the laboratory to the field: a review of important parameters and studies

KJ Davis, R Gerlach - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) is an important unconventional natural gas resource in the US and
around the world. Many of the CBM containing coal formations are home to microbial …

Diversity, biogeography, and biodegradation potential of actinobacteria in the deep-sea sediments along the southwest Indian ridge

P Chen, L Zhang, X Guo, X Dai, L Liu, L Xi… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The phylum Actinobacteria has been reported to be common or even abundant in deep
marine sediments, however, knowledge about the diversity, distribution, and function of …

Depth-resolved distribution of particle-attached and free-living bacterial communities in the water column of the New Britain Trench

R Liu, L Wang, Q Liu, Z Wang, Z Li, J Fang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Particle-attached (PA) and free-living (FL) microorganisms play significant but different roles
in mineralization of organic matter (OM) in the ocean. Currently, little is known about PA and …

Effect of TMAO on the structure and phase transition of lipid membranes: potential role of TMAO in stabilizing cell membranes under osmotic stress

A Maiti, S Daschakraborty - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
Extremophiles adopt strategies to deal with different environmental stresses, some of which
are severely damaging to their cell membrane. To combat high osmotic stress, deep-sea …

Respiration by “marine snow” at high hydrostatic pressure: Insights from continuous oxygen measurements in a rotating pressure tank

P Stief, M Elvert, RN Glud - Limnology and Oceanography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally anticipated that particulate organic carbon (POC) for most part is degraded by
attached microorganisms during the descent of “marine snow” aggregates toward the deep …

Extremophiles and their expanding biotechnological applications

M Rawat, M Chauhan, A Pandey - Archives of Microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Microbial life is not restricted to any particular setting. Over the past several decades, it has
been evident that microbial populations can exist in a wide range of environments, including …

Microbial sulfate reduction potential in coal-bearing sediments down to~ 2.5 km below the seafloor off Shimokita Peninsula, Japan

C Glombitza, RR Adhikari, N Riedinger… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Sulfate reduction is the predominant anaerobic microbial process of organic matter
mineralization in marine sediments, with recent studies revealing that sulfate reduction not …

Pressure and temperature effects on deep‐sea hydrocarbon‐degrading microbial communities in subarctic sediments

LJ Perez Calderon, E Gontikaki, LD Potts… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Hatton–Rockall Basin (North‐East Atlantic) is an area with potential for deep‐
sea (2,900 m) hydrocarbon exploration. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many …

Multiple in situ Nucleic Acid Collections (MISNAC) From Deep-Sea Waters

ZF Wei, WL Li, J Li, J Chen, YZ Xin, LS He… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
To obtain an accurate picture of microbial processes is essential for in-depth understanding
of the dynamics of microbial communities and metabolic potentials. In this study, an …