Anaerobic methanotrophic communities thrive in deep submarine permafrost

Abstract Thawing submarine permafrost is a source of methane to the subsurface biosphere. Methane oxidation in submarine permafrost sediments has been proposed, but the responsible microorganisms remain uncharacterized. We analyzed archaeal communities and identified distinct anaerobic methanotrophi...

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Main Authors: Matthias Winkel, Julia Mitzscherling, Pier P. Overduin, Fabian Horn, Maria Winterfeld, Ruud Rijkers, Mikhail N. Grigoriev, Christian Knoblauch, Kai Mangelsdorf, Dirk Wagner, Susanne Liebner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19505-9