Importance of hydrogenotrophic, aceticlastic and methylotrophic methanogenesis for methane production in terrestrial, aquatic and other anoxic environments: a mini …

R Conrad - Pedosphere, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Microbial methanogenesis is a major source of the greenhouse gas methane (CH 4). It is the
final step in the anaerobic degradation of organic matter when inorganic electron acceptors …

Metabolic, phylogenetic, and ecological diversity of the methanogenic archaea

Y Liu, WB Whitman - Annals of the new York Academy of …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although of limited metabolic diversity, methanogenic archaea or methanogens possess
great phylogenetic and ecological diversity. Only three types of methanogenic pathways are …

Direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacter metallireducens and Methanosarcina barkeri

AE Rotaru, PM Shrestha, F Liu… - Applied and …, 2014‏ - journals.asm.org
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is potentially an effective form of syntrophy in
methanogenic communities, but little is known about the diversity of methanogens capable …

Metatranscriptomic evidence for direct interspecies electron transfer between Geobacter and Methanothrix species in methanogenic rice paddy soils

DE Holmes, PM Shrestha, DJF Walker… - Applied and …, 2017‏ - journals.asm.org
The possibility that Methanothrix (formerly Methanosaeta) and Geobacter species cooperate
via direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in terrestrial methanogenic environments was …

[HTML][HTML] Production and consumption of methane in freshwater lake ecosystems

G Borrel, D Jézéquel, C Biderre-Petit… - Research in …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The atmospheric concentration of methane (CH4), a major greenhouse gas, is mainly
controlled by the activities of methane-producing (methanogens) and methane-consuming …

Phylogenetic comparison of the methanogenic communities from an acidic, oligotrophic fen and an anaerobic digester treating municipal wastewater sludge

LM Steinberg, JM Regan - Applied and environmental …, 2008‏ - journals.asm.org
Methanogens play a critical role in the decomposition of organics under anaerobic
conditions. The methanogenic consortia in saturated wetland soils are often subjected to …

Ubiquitous and significant anaerobic oxidation of methane in freshwater lake sediments

K Martinez-Cruz, A Sepulveda-Jauregui, P Casper… - Water Research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a microbial process that consumes dissolved
methane (CH 4) in anoxic sediments and soils and mitigates CH 4 release to the …

Predominant contribution of syntrophic acetate oxidation to thermophilic methane formation at high acetate concentrations

LP Hao, F Lü, PJ He, L Li… - Environmental science & …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
To quantify the contribution of syntrophic acetate oxidation to thermophilic anaerobic
methanogenesis under the stressed condition induced by acidification, the methanogenic …

Polyphasic analyses of methanogenic archaeal communities in agricultural biogas plants

E Nettmann, I Bergmann, S Pramschüfer… - Applied and …, 2010‏ - journals.asm.org
Knowledge of the microbial consortia participating in the generation of biogas, especially in
methane formation, is still limited. To overcome this limitation, the methanogenic archaeal …

Simultaneous intensification of direct acetate cleavage and CO2 reduction to generate methane by bioaugmentation and increased electron transfer

L **ao, R Sun, P Zhang, S Zheng, Y Tan, J Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Direct interspecies electron transfer coupled to CO 2 reduction, DIET-CO 2 reduction, to
generate methane is proposed and prosperous in 2010s. It is well known that …