articleProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMay 14, 2002Closed access

Multiple archaeal groups mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep sediments

Pennsylvania State University · Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

No microorganism capable of anaerobic growth on methane as the sole carbon source has yet been cultivated. Consequently, information about these microbes has been inferred from geochemical and microbiological observations of field samples. Stable isotope analysis of lipid biomarkers and rRNA gene surveys have implicated specific microbes in the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Here we use combined fluorescent in situ hybridization and secondary ion mass spectrometry analyses, to identify anaerobic methanotrophs in marine methane-seep sediments. The results provide direct evidence for the involvement of at least two distinct archaeal groups (ANME-1 and ANME-2) in AOM at methane seeps. Although both…

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