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Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker

Jun 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

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 ...

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Process used by microges to make greenhouse gases uncovered

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Jul 07, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Researchers here now have a picture of a key molecule that lets microbes produce carbon dioxide and methane – the two greenhouse gases associated with global warming.

Paired microbes eliminate methane using sulfur pathway

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Jan 17, 2008 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

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 ...

New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Nov 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1

Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process described ...

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