Thermogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation by diverse depth-stratified microbial populations at a Scotian Basin cold seep

oleh: Xiyang Dong, Jayne E. Rattray, D. Calvin Campbell, Jamie Webb, Anirban Chakraborty, Oyeboade Adebayo, Stuart Matthews, Carmen Li, Martin Fowler, Natasha M. Morrison, Adam MacDonald, Ryan A. Groves, Ian A. Lewis, Scott H. Wang, Daisuke Mayumi, Chris Greening, Casey R. J. Hubert

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-11-01

Deskripsi

Describing anaerobic short chain alkane degrading archaea at a newly discovered cold seep, the authors here suggest that these organisms play much more important roles in submarine carbon cycling globally than previously thought.