Subsurface microbial methanotrophic mats in the Black Sea.
A nodule-shaped microbial mat was found subsurface in sediments of a gas seep in the anoxic Black Sea. This mat was dominated by ANME-1 archaea and consumed methane and sulfate simultaneously. We propose that such subsurface mats represent the initial stage of previously investigated microbial reefs.
Treude
Tina
T
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany. ttreude@mpi-bremen.de
Knittel
Katrin
K
Blumenberg
Martin
M
Seifert
Richard
R
Boetius
Antje
A
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D016999:Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D013431:Sulfates; D008697:Methane