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PLOS Biology<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> sometimes turn against <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bacteria</span></a> using hitherto unknown mechanisms. This Primer explores a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> study that reveals bacterium-killing peptidoglycan hydrolases in archaea. Paper: <a href="https://plos.io/4lrJBBa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4lrJBBa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Primer: <a href="https://plos.io/3HGMYpU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/3HGMYpU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PLOS Biology<p>Archaea-on-bacteria action! This study shows that many <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> encode <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/peptidoglycan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peptidoglycan</span></a> hydrolases, which specifically target <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bacterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacterial</span></a> cell walls, experimentally confirming the killing capacity of 2 of these enzymes <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PLOSBiology</span></a></span> <a href="https://plos.io/4lrJBBa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4lrJBBa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dimitris Kontopoulos<p>In this <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paper</span></a>, we looked at how the 3D <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/structure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>structure</span></a> of an <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/enzyme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enzyme</span></a> may change through <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> to different thermal environments over millions of years. Specifically, we compared 70 adenylate kinases of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a>, from extreme cold-loving <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> to extreme heat-loving ones. 🧵2/7</p>
Scientific European<p>Sukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life? &nbsp;<br>Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in amarine microbial system that&nbsp;displays an extreme genome reduction in...........<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cell</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CellularLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellularLife</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genome</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Sukunaarchaeummirabile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sukunaarchaeummirabile</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a><br>Kamakhya P. Seal </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/biology/sukunaarchaeum-mirabile-what-constitutes-a-cellular-life/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/biology/sukunaarchaeum-mirabile-what-constitutes-a-cellular-life/</span></a></p>
ISEP<p>New <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a>! Eukaryote-Wide Distribution of a Family of Longin Domain-Containing GAP Complexes for Small GTPases <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tra.70016" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/tra.70016</span></a> by Anna Novák Vanclová et al. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Eukaryogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eukaryogenesis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Eukaryotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eukaryotes</span></a></p>
Scientific European<p>Sukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life? &nbsp;<br>Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in amarine microbial system that&nbsp;displays an extreme genome reduction in...........<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cell</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CellularLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellularLife</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genome</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Sukunaarchaeummirabile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sukunaarchaeummirabile</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a><br>Kamakhya P. Seal </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/biology/sukunaarchaeum-mirabile-what-constitutes-a-cellular-life/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificeuropean.co.uk/scien</span><span class="invisible">ces/biology/sukunaarchaeum-mirabile-what-constitutes-a-cellular-life/</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Alright fellas. Come one come all, <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/amateurbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amateurbiology</span></a> poster presentation at <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/asmicrobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asmicrobe</span></a> on our first set of methylation screening results on Halococcus. Come ask about an exciting new finding I couldn't put on the poster! <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> EEB 1147 <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Our poster abstract for <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/ASMicrobe2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASMicrobe2025</span></a> is up! First bit of info from our warehouse lab led Haloarchaea study project. Session EEB-P-302 - EEB02 Saturday Microbial Evolution. Please feel free to come say hi 👋</p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/sequencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sequencing</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/methylation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methylation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20974/presentation/3670" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/209</span><span class="invisible">74/presentation/3670</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Phase 1 of my <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/haloarchaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haloarchaea</span></a> sequencing &amp; methylation study is wrapping up. I think I'm looking at some unexpected and possibly exciting results. </p><p>What would be a good publication venue for part of the initial finding? Looking for advice from <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> folks, please feel free to DM for the finding I'm hoping to publish!</p>
ISEP<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> 26: October 2024 to March 2025 <a href="https://www.isep-protists.com/post/iseppapers-26" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">isep-protists.com/post/iseppap</span><span class="invisible">ers-26</span></a></p><p>Your twenty-sixth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TreeOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TreeOfLife</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Received invitation to submit a review article to an established academic journal - it'll be on a topic adjacent to long read sequencing analysis and <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a> </p><p>Not too bad for a warehouse worker sequencing out of an artists' studio, IMHO! I'm feeling pretty nervous though.</p><p>Any good resources out there for first-time review article writers? </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioinformatics</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/sequencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sequencing</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Newly discovered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> in Amazon peatlands could affect global carbon balance <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-newly-microbes-amazon-peatlands-affect.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-newly-mi</span><span class="invisible">crobes-amazon-peatlands-affect.html</span></a></p><p>Functional insights of novel <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Bathyarchaeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bathyarchaeia</span></a> reveal metabolic versatility in their role in peatlands of the Peruvian Amazon <a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00387-24" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/s</span><span class="invisible">pectrum.00387-24</span></a></p><p>"Under stable conditions, they enable <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peatlands</span></a> to act as vast carbon reservoirs, reducing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> risks. However, environmental shifts, including drought and warming, can trigger their activity, accelerating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaea</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microbes</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a>: How microorganisms accelerate calcification <a href="https://www.marum.de/en/Microbes-and-minerals.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">marum.de/en/Microbes-and-miner</span><span class="invisible">als.html</span></a></p><p>Marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CarbonBurial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonBurial</span></a> enhanced by microbial carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01960-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s43247-024</span><span class="invisible">-01960-0</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methane</span></a> and other hydrocarbons are released from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> floor at so-called cold seeps, forming the basis for ecosystems independent of sunlight. The basic process is methane oxidation without oxygen, which is carried out jointly by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Advanced genetic techniques and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> offer new insights into anaerobic ciliate and methanogen <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-advanced</span><span class="invisible">-genetic-techniques-microscopy-insights.html</span></a> </p><p>Methanogenic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbionts</span></a> of anaerobic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ciliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ciliates</span></a> are host and habitat specific <a href="https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae164/7737421" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/ismej/article</span><span class="invisible">/18/1/wrae164/7737421</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ISEPpapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISEPpapers</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@joro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joro</span></a></span> </p><p>"This study provides a clearer understanding of how anaerobic ciliates have evolved a mix transmission mode to both maintain and replace their symbionts over time"</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/protists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protists</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/methanogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methanogenesis</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Riddle me this <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> folks. I see a species with 99~100% 16S match to another species, but with genomic ANI between them of 96%. What do you think? </p><p>I'm thinking the other genome is just an incomplete/misassembly.</p>
naturepoker<p>Another Halobacteria found and sequenced from Permian era halite. </p><p>For those keeping track, I sequenced and assembled a genome for H. dombrowskii, another Permian era salt mine isolate. </p><p>These are Pangean relics aren't they? From the Permian-Triassic extinction event?</p><p>If so - does this mean the H. dombrowskii might actually be as old as they say it is?</p><p><a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00778-24" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/m</span><span class="invisible">ra.00778-24</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a></p>
Science Updates<p>Microbes have been competing for space and resources in a kind of microbial arms race for many years, and some cells have ways to attack and kill other cells.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cells</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CellBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28148/archaea-mold-microbiomes-daggers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">labroots.com/trending/microbio</span><span class="invisible">logy/28148/archaea-mold-microbiomes-daggers</span></a></p>
naturepoker<p>Quick question for <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> folks - have you ever seen Halobacterial culture bottles produce extremely hard, round, dark-brown crystals within the liquid media at some point? I'm thinking some mineral slipped through in the media making, but am curious.</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Scientists may have figured out why a potent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/greenhousegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenhousegas</span></a> is rising.<br>Though it breaks down faster than <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> is over 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide. It suddenly started increasing in atmosphere in 2007 — and in 2020, its growth rate doubled.<br>While scientists have suspected it was <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/naturalgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturalgas</span></a>, researchers have new theory methane produced by microbes — mostly single-celled organisms called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a>, which live in cow stomachs, wetlands &amp; agricultural fields<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-may-have-figured-out-why-a-potent-greenhouse-gas-is-rising-the-answer-is-scary/ar-AA1ttGxX" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori</span><span class="invisible">es/scientists-may-have-figured-out-why-a-potent-greenhouse-gas-is-rising-the-answer-is-scary/ar-AA1ttGxX</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Breathing deep: A metabolic secret of ethane-consuming <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archaea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaea</span></a> unraveled <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-deep-metabolic-secret-ethane-consuming.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-deep-met</span><span class="invisible">abolic-secret-ethane-consuming.html</span></a></p><p>Ethane-oxidising archaea couple CO2 generation to F420 reduction <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53338-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-53338-7</span></a></p><p>"Seeps on the deep seafloor naturally emit <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/alkanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alkanes</span></a>, which are pollutants that are potentially dangerous to life. Fortunately, the sediments around the seeps host <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a> that act as a biological filter: They consume most of the alkanes before their release into the oceans and our atmosphere."</p>
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