Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

Ashna A. Raghoebarsing, Alfons J. P. Smolders (), Markus C. Schmid, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Mieke Wolters-Arts, Jan Derksen, Mike S. M. Jetten, Stefan Schouten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (), Leon P. M. Lamers, Jan G. M. Roelofs, Huub J. M. Op den Camp and Marc Strous
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Ashna A. Raghoebarsing: Department of Microbiology
Alfons J. P. Smolders: Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology
Markus C. Schmid: Department of Microbiology
W. Irene C. Rijpstra: Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology
Mieke Wolters-Arts: Radboud University Nijmegen
Jan Derksen: Radboud University Nijmegen
Mike S. M. Jetten: Department of Microbiology
Stefan Schouten: Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté: Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology
Leon P. M. Lamers: Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology
Jan G. M. Roelofs: Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology
Huub J. M. Op den Camp: Department of Microbiology
Marc Strous: Department of Microbiology

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7054, 1153-1156

Abstract: For peat's sake Peat burning fuelled Europe's economy for centuries before the rise of fossil fuels. It seems odd that so much energy was accumulated by an ecosystem with low primary productivity. This paradox is now resolved with the discovery that Sphagnum mosses act with symbiotic bacteria to recycle methane so efficiently that high organic carbon burial is achieved in these wetland ecosystems.

Date: 2005
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