Genomic and phenotypic insights point to diverse ecological strategies by facultative anaerobes obtained from subsurface coal seams
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52846-7
Abstract: Microbes in subsurface coal seams are responsible for the conversion of the organic matter in coal to methane, resulting in vast reserves of coal seam gas. This process is important from both environmental and economic… read more here.
Keywords: coal seam; coal seams; subsurface coal; coal ... See more keywords
Methanogenic archaea in subsurface coal seams are biogeographically distinct: an analysis of metagenomically‐derived mcrA sequences
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DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16014
Abstract: Summary The production of methane as an end‐product of organic matter degradation in the absence of other terminal electron acceptors is common, and has often been studied in environments such as animal guts, soils and… read more here.
Keywords: methanogenic archaea; archaea subsurface; coal; subsurface coal ... See more keywords