Anaerobic methanotrophic communities thrive in deep submarine permafrost
M. Winkel, J. Mitzscherling, P. P. Overduin, F. Horn, M. Winterfeld, R. Rijkers, M. N. Grigoriev, C. Knoblauch, K. Mangelsdorf, D. Wagner, S. Liebner
This study identifies anaerobic methanotrophic communities in submarine permafrost and estimates their methane consumption rates, suggesting active AOM in thawing permafrost.
bioRxiv · Aug 29, 2017Microbiology