A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

Ashna A. Raghoebarsing, Arjan Pol, Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Katharina F. Ettwig, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Stefan Schouten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Mike S. M. Jetten and Marc Strous ()
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Ashna A. Raghoebarsing: Department of Microbiology
Arjan Pol: Department of Microbiology
Katinka T. van de Pas-Schoonen: Department of Microbiology
Alfons J. P. Smolders: Radboud University Nijmegen
Katharina F. Ettwig: Department of Microbiology
W. Irene C. Rijpstra: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Stefan Schouten: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Huub J. M. Op den Camp: Department of Microbiology
Mike S. M. Jetten: Department of Microbiology
Marc Strous: Department of Microbiology

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7086, 918-921

Abstract: Ridding the world of methane Although much speculated on, no microorganisms had been shown capable of anaerobic methane oxidation using nitrate as the sole electron acceptor. Now this reaction has been demonstrated in the laboratory in a microbial community with two members, one a slow-growing bacterium of a type that has not cultured before, and one an archaeal organism. Nucleic acid markers characteristic of both are present in freshwater samples worldwide, suggesting that this reaction is important in the biological methane and nitrogen cycles. It also has the potential to be used to counteract the increases in methane production associated with intensive agriculture.

Date: 2006
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