Results
Title

A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane.

Authors

Boetius, Antje; Ravenschlag, Katrin; Schubert, Carsten J.; Rickert, Dirk; Widdel, Friedrich; Gleseke, Armin; Amann, Rudolf; Jergensen, Bo Barker; Witte, Ursala; Pfannkuche, Olaf

Abstract

Presents a study on the appearance of marine microscopic organisms that absorb methane that is released from the ocean floor. Speculation regarding the pathway of anaerobic oxidation of methane; Provision of microscopic evidence for a structured consortium of archaea and sulphate-reducing bacteria that was identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization using specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes; How the aggregates of archaea were found to be abundant in gas-hydrate-rich sediments with high rates of methane.

Subjects

METHANE; OCEAN bottom; ARCHAEBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC bacteria

Publication

Nature, 2000, Vol 407, Issue 6804, p623

ISSN

0028-0836

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/35036572