Subsurface Microbial Methanotrophic Mats in the Black Sea

200599 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Tina Treude · Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Katrin Knittel · Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Abstract

A nodule-shaped microbial mat was found subsurface in sediments of a gas seep in the anoxic Black Sea. This mat was dominated by ANME-1 archaea and consumed methane and sulfate simultaneously. We propose that such subsurface mats represent the initial stage of previously investigated microbial reefs.

Topics & Keywords

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Marine and environmental studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volume 71, Issue 10, pp. 6375-6378

DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.10.6375-6378.2005

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