Subsurface microbial methanotrophic mats in the Black Sea

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Oct;71(10):6375-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6375-6378.2005.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anaerobiosis
  • Archaea / classification
  • Archaea / genetics
  • Archaea / isolation & purification*
  • Geologic Sediments / chemistry
  • Geologic Sediments / microbiology*
  • Methane / metabolism*
  • Oceans and Seas
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Seawater / microbiology*
  • Sulfates / metabolism
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / classification
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / genetics
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • Sulfates
  • Methane