Active Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs in Recently Emerged Cold Seeps of Northern South China Sea

Cold seep ecosystems are developed from methane-rich fluids in organic rich continental slopes, which are the source of various dense microbial and faunal populations. Extensive studies have been conducted on microbial populations in this unique environment; most of them were based on DNA, which cou...

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Main Authors: Tingting Zhang, Xi Xiao, Songze Chen, Jing Zhao, Zongheng Chen, Junxi Feng, Qianyong Liang, Tommy J. Phelps, Chuanlun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.612135/full