Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a methane-consuming microbial process occurring in anoxic marine and freshwater sediments. AOM is known to occur...
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Methanotroph (section Methane oxidation)
that metabolize methane as their source of carbon and chemical energy. They are bacteria or archaea, can grow aerobically or anaerobically, and require single-carbon...
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anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) - is a dominant sink of methane in deep lakes. For a long time, it was believed that the mitigation of methane emissions...
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Methylomirabilis oxyfera (section Methane oxidation)
candidate species of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the NC10 phylum, characterized for its capacity to couple anaerobic methane oxidation with nitrite...
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sediments, where it is usually referred to as "anaerobic activity". This is the source of marsh gas methane as discovered by Alessandro Volta in 1776. The...
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Methanogenesis (category Anaerobic digestion)
organisms can oxidize methane, functionally reversing the process of methanogenesis, also referred to as the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Organisms...
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carbon-dioxide respiration, that is used to produce methane gas by anaerobic digestion. Biogenic methane is used as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels...
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TEX86 (section Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM))
methane flux and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). These sites are characterised by a distinct GDGT distribution, namely the predominance of GDGT-1. -2...
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found in endosymbiotic microbes of vent animals. Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is typically coupled to reduction of sulfate or Fe and Mn as terminal...
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group of bacteria catalyze methane oxidation with nitrite as the oxidant in the absence of oxygen, giving rise to the so-called anaerobic oxidation of methane...
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concentrations of sulfate and methane because the anaerobic oxidation of methane consumes both molecules. It was previously believed that methane and sulfate...
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doi:10.15227/orgsyn.050.0003. Strous M, Jetten MS (2004). "Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane and Ammonium". Annu Rev Microbiol. 58: 99–117. doi:10.1146/annurev...
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intensity, frequency or phase of light Acute otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear Anaerobic oxidation of methane, a microbiological process occurring...
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present in geological sediments and are considered as tracers of past anaerobic oxidation of methane. Several forms without or with one or two pentacyclic rings...
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larger, and their capacity for anaerobic oxidation of methane as well as other biological functions – such as production of proteins – may be augmented by...
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Methanogen (redirect from Methane producing bacteria)
signals possibility of life on Mars. Closely related to the methanogens are the anaerobic methane oxidizers, which utilize methane as a substrate in conjunction...
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required the generation of methane by methanogens, so that methanogens actually helped create the conditions necessary for the oxidation of the atmosphere. One...
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as sulfate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane, where methane is oxidized and sulfate is reduced, leading to precipitation of calcite and pyrite from...
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Methane clathrate (CH4·5.75H2O) or (4CH4·23H2O), also called methane hydrate, hydromethane, methane ice, fire ice, natural gas hydrate, or gas hydrate...
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Sulfur cycle (section Sulfur oxidation state)
reduction is driven by the degradation of buried organic matter and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) both of which produce carbon dioxide. At depths...
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corrosion of concrete. It also occurs in sour crude oil. Some sulfate-reducing microorganisms play a role in the anaerobic oxidation of methane: CH4 + SO42-...
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given its association with sites of active anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), it is considered a biomarker of methanotrophic archaea. It has been...
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Cold seep (redirect from Methane seep)
part of this filter is the anaerobic bacteria and archaea underneath the seafloor that consume methane through the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM)...
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ANME can mean: anaerobic methanotroph, a type of microorganism associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas...
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Pyrolysis (redirect from Methane pyrolysis)
of natural gas (primarily methane) into hydrogen gas and solid carbon char, recently introduced on an industrial scale. Aspirational applications of pyrolysis...
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Microbial ecology (redirect from Ecology of microorganisms)
amount of energy. Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is carried out by mutualistic consortium of a sulfate-reducing bacterium and an anaerobic methane-oxidizing...
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the scientific term for methane production, occurs primarily in anaerobic conditions because of the lack of availability of other oxidants. In these...
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Anammox (redirect from Anaerobic ammonium oxidation)
Anammox, an abbreviation for "anaerobic ammonium oxidation", is a globally important microbial process of the nitrogen cycle that takes place in many...
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substrate specificity and can catalyse the oxidation of a range of substrates including ammonia, methane, halogenated hydrocarbons, and aromatic molecules...
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Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase (category Anaerobic digestion)
the anaerobic oxidation of methane, therefore removing it from the environment. Such organisms are methanotrophs. This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases...
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