News tagged with methane producing bacteria
Did a nickel famine trigger the 'Great Oxidation Event'?
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Earth's original atmosphere held very little oxygen. This began to change around 2.4 billion years ago when oxygen levels increased dramatically during what scientists call the "Great ...
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Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows
Mar 30, 2009 |
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The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented - helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions.
Plant life not a villain in methane emissions debate
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A comprehensive investigation of plant emissions led by University of South Australia molecular biologist Dr Ellen Nisbet has put pay to the assertion that plants are producing and releasing ...
Paired microbes eliminate methane using sulfur pathway
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Jan 17, 2008 |
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Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates – methane trapped in ice – preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere. Researchers now have evidence ...
Microbes turn electricity directly to methane
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a ...
Rampant helper syndrome: Methane-producing molecule can also repair DNA
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes, being bacteria and higher organisms. Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry out unique biochemical ...
Microbes as climate engineers
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to an article in the February 2008 issue of Microbiology To ...
A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish
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A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...
Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to Penn State and University of ...
Landfill cover soil methane oxidation underestimated
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Landfilled waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of methane. Landfills are classified as the second-largest human-made source of CH4 in the U.S. Additionally, landfill gas contains numerous ...
Natural gas inhabited by unusual specialists
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Sep 20, 2007 |
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A German-American research team of biologists and geochemists has discovered hitherto unknown anaerobic bacteria in marine sediments which need only propane or butane for growth, as reported by the scientific journal Nature in its ...
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