The life sulfuric: microbial ecology of sulfur cycling in marine sediments

K Wasmund, M Mußmann, A Loy - Environmental microbiology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Almost the entire seafloor is covered with sediments that can be more than 10 000 m thick
and represent a vast microbial ecosystem that is a major component of Earth's element and …

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) …

Artificial electron acceptors decouple archaeal methane oxidation from sulfate reduction

S Scheller, H Yu, GL Chadwick, SE McGlynn… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The oxidation of methane with sulfate is an important microbial metabolism in the global
carbon cycle. In marine methane seeps, this process is mediated by consortia of anaerobic …

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 …

Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

J Milucka, TG Ferdelman, L Polerecky, D Franzke… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from marine sediments are controlled by
anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled primarily to sulphate reduction (AOM). Sulphate …

Anthropogenic and environmental constraints on the microbial methane cycle in coastal sediments

AJ Wallenius, P Dalcin Martins, CP Slomp… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, are produced in anoxic sediments by
methanogenic archaea. Nonetheless, over 90% of the produced methane is oxidized via …

Biomethanation of agricultural residues: Potential, limitations and possible solutions

RA Dar, M Parmar, EA Dar, RK Sani… - … and sustainable energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reasonable creation of renewable energy is being fervently debated. The biofuels,
produced from food crops are restricted in their capacity to accomplish biofuel generation …

Impact of electron acceptor availability on the anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal freshwater and brackish wetland sediments

KEA Segarra, C Comerford, J Slaughter… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is both produced and consumed in anoxic coastal
sediments via microbial processes. Although the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is …

Active pathways of anaerobic methane oxidation across contrasting riverbeds

L Shen, L Ouyang, Y Zhu, M Trimmer - The ISME journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) reduces methane emissions from marine
ecosystems but we know little about AOM in rivers, whose role in the global carbon cycle is …

Physiology and distribution of archaeal methanotrophs that couple anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate reduction

S Bhattarai, C Cassarini, PNL Lens - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2019 - journals.asm.org
In marine anaerobic environments, methane is oxidized where sulfate-rich seawater meets
biogenic or thermogenic methane. In those niches, a few phylogenetically distinct microbial …