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) …

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 …

Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer between methanotrophic archaea and bacteria

G Wegener, V Krukenberg, D Riedel, HE Tegetmeyer… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) with sulfate controls the emission of the
greenhouse gas methane from the ocean floor,. In marine sediments, AOM is performed by …

南海神狐海域天然气水合物成藏系统初探

吴能友, 张海啟, 杨胜雄, 梁金强, 王宏斌, 苏新… - 天然气工业, 2007 - cqvip.com
天然气水合物成藏系统是一个非常复杂的系统, 过去的有关研究不多. 为此,
根据天然气水合物成藏基本条件, 浅表层沉积物孔隙水地球化学特征及其所反映的气源和天然气 …

Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea

AJM Stams, CM Plugge - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Interspecies electron transfer is a key process in methanogenic and sulphate-reducing
environments. Bacteria and archaea that live in syntrophic communities take advantage of …

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 …

The ecology and biotechnology of sulphate-reducing bacteria

G Muyzer, AJM Stams - Nature reviews microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are anaerobic microorganisms that use sulphate as a
terminal electron acceptor in, for example, the degradation of organic compounds. They are …

Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

W Martin, J Baross, D Kelley, MJ Russell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Submarine hydrothermal vents are geochemically reactive habitats that harbour rich
microbial communities. There are striking parallels between the chemistry of the H2–CO2 …

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 …

Oceanic methane biogeochemistry

WS Reeburgh - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Measurements of dissolved methane in the ocean have been available for only about 50
years. Methane measurements in sediments, where concentrations are millimolar, were first …