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A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

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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)

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.

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  • 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 de, 2006. "A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification," Nature, Nature, vol. 440(7086), pages 918-921, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:440:y:2006:i:7086:d:10.1038_nature04617
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04617
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