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A metagenomic study of methanotrophic microorganisms in Coal Oil Point seep sediments

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Title
A metagenomic study of methanotrophic microorganisms in Coal Oil Point seep sediments
Published in
BMC Microbiology, January 2011
DOI 10.1186/1471-2180-11-221
Pubmed ID
21970369
Authors

Othilde Håvelsrud, Thomas HA Haverkamp, Tom Kristensen, Kjetill S Jakobsen, Anne Rike

Abstract

Methane oxidizing prokaryotes in marine sediments are believed to function as a methane filter reducing the oceanic contribution to the global methane emission. In the anoxic parts of the sediments, oxidation of methane is accomplished by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) living in syntrophy with sulphate reducing bacteria. This anaerobic oxidation of methane is assumed to be a coupling of reversed methanogenesis and dissimilatory sulphate reduction. Where oxygen is available aerobic methanotrophs take part in methane oxidation. In this study, we used metagenomics to characterize the taxonomic and metabolic potential for methane oxidation at the Tonya seep in the Coal Oil Point area, California. Two metagenomes from different sediment depth horizons (0-4 cm and 10-15 cm below sea floor) were sequenced by 454 technology. The metagenomes were analysed to characterize the distribution of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophic taxa at the two sediment depths. To gain insight into the metabolic potential the metagenomes were searched for marker genes associated with methane oxidation.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 5 4%
Mexico 2 1%
United States 2 1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Other 3 2%
Unknown 119 87%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 27%
Researcher 33 24%
Student > Master 23 17%
Student > Bachelor 6 4%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 4%
Other 21 15%
Unknown 11 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 72 53%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 11%
Environmental Science 14 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 4%
Computer Science 5 4%
Other 16 12%
Unknown 10 7%

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