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The anaerobic degradation of gaseous, nonmethane alkanes - From in situ processes to microorganisms.
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- Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium and short-chain gaseous alkanes coupled to nitrate reduction by a bacterial consortium.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Nitrate-driven anaerobic oxidation of ethane and butane by bacteria.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Variations in microbial community compositions and processes imposed under contrast geochemical contexts in Sicilian mud volcanoes, Italy.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- The phylogeny and metabolic potentials of anFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Carbon and hydrogen stable isotope fractionation due to monooxygenation of short-chain alkanes by butane monooxygenase ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Terrestrial Ecosystems-Fate and Microbial Responses.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Impact of an historic underground gas well blowout on the current methane chemistry in a shallow groundwater system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Metagenomic Analysis of Subtidal Sediments from Polar and Subpolar Coastal Environments Highlights the Relevance of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Processes.Microbial ecology · 2018Article
- Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane, Propane, and Butane by Marine Microbes: A Mini Review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Review
- Microbial Community Response to Simulated Petroleum Seepage in Caspian Sea Sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
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- Community Structure in Methanogenic Enrichments Provides Insight into Syntrophic Interactions in Hydrocarbon-Impacted Environments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2016Article
- High Diversity of Anaerobic Alkane-Degrading Microbial Communities in Marine Seep Sediments Based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate Synthase Genes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Article
- Ubiquitous Presence and Novel Diversity of Anaerobic Alkane Degraders in Cold Marine Sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
The short chain, gaseous alkanes ethane, propane, n- and iso-butane are released in significant amounts into the atmosphere, where they contribute to tropospheric chemistry and ozone formation. Biodegradation of gaseous alkanes by aerobic microorganisms, mostly bacteria and fungi isolated from terrestrial environments, has been known for several decades. The first indications for short chain alkane anaerobic degradation were provided by geochemical studies of deep-sea environments around hydrocarbon seeps, and included the uncoupling of the sulfate-reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane rates, the consumption of gaseous alkanes in anoxic sediments, or the enrichment in (13)C of gases in interstitial water vs. the source gas. Microorganisms able to degrade gaseous alkanes were recently obtained from deep-sea and terrestrial sediments around hydrocarbon seeps. Up to date, only sulfate-reducing pure or enriched cultures with ethane, propane and n-butane have been reported. The only pure culture presently available, strain BuS5, is affiliated to the Desulfosarcina-Desulfococcus cluster of the Deltaproteobacteria. Other phylotypes involved in gaseous alkane degradation have been identified based on stable-isotope labeling and whole-cell hybridization. Under anoxic conditions, propane and n-butane are activated similar to the higher alkanes, by homolytic cleavage of the C-H bond of a subterminal carbon atom, and addition of the ensuing radical to fumarate, yielding methylalkylsuccinates. An additional mechanism of activation at the terminal carbon atoms was demonstrated for propane, which could in principle be employed also for the activation of ethane.
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