Microbial contributions to subterranean methane sinks
Jay T Lennon, D Nguyen-Thuy, N Pham Duc, A Drobniak, P Ta Hoa, T Pham, T Streil, Kevin Webster, Arndt Schimmelmann
The paper investigates methane depletion in caves, finding that methanotrophic bacteria, not radiolysis, drive significant CH4 oxidation rates comparable to other ecosystems.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2016Ecology