Direct methane oxidation by copper-and iron-dependent methane monooxygenases

FJ Tucci, AC Rosenzweig - Chemical reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to climate change and is
primarily regulated in Nature by methanotrophic bacteria, which consume methane gas as …

The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

MMM Kuypers, HK Marchant, B Kartal - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Nitrogen is an essential component of all living organisms and the main nutrient limiting life
on our planet. By far, the largest inventory of freely accessible nitrogen is atmospheric …

Nitrification and beyond: metabolic versatility of ammonia oxidising archaea

CL Wright, LE Lehtovirta-Morley - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ammonia oxidising archaea are among the most abundant living organisms on Earth and
key microbial players in the global nitrogen cycle. They carry out oxidation of ammonia to …

Nitrogen cycling and microbial cooperation in the terrestrial subsurface

OE Mosley, E Gios, M Close, L Weaver… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The nitrogen cycle plays a major role in aquatic nitrogen transformations, including in the
terrestrial subsurface. However, the variety of transformations remains understudied. To …

Particulate methane monooxygenase contains only mononuclear copper centers

MO Ross, F MacMillan, J Wang, A Nisthal, TJ Lawton… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Bacteria that oxidize methane to methanol are central to mitigating emissions of methane, a
potent greenhouse gas. The nature of the copper active site in the primary metabolic …

Biochemistry of aerobic biological methane oxidation

CW Koo, AC Rosenzweig - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Methanotrophic bacteria represent a potential route to methane utilization and mitigation of
methane emissions. In the first step of their metabolic pathway, aerobic methanotrophs use …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term effects of softwood biochar on soil physical properties, greenhouse gas emissions and crop nutrient uptake in two contrasting boreal soils

S Kalu, A Simojoki, K Karhu, P Tammeorg - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochars (BC) have tremendous potential in mitigating climate change, and offer various
agricultural and environmental benefits. However, there is limited information about the long …

Surveying N2O-producing pathways in bacteria

LY Stein - Methods in enzymology, 2011 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is produced by bacteria as an intermediate of both dissimilatory and
detoxification pathways under a range of oxygen levels, although the majority of N 2 O is …

Verrucomicrobial methanotrophs: ecophysiology of metabolically versatile acidophiles

RA Schmitz, SH Peeters, W Versantvoort… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Methanotrophs are an important group of microorganisms that counteract methane
emissions to the atmosphere. Methane-oxidising bacteria of the Alpha-and …

Nitrifying and denitrifying pathways of methanotrophic bacteria

LY Stein, MG Klotz - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting molecule, continues to
accumulate in the atmosphere as a product of anthropogenic activities and land-use …