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ArticleScientific reports2019

Aerobic methane oxidation under copper scarcity in a stratified lake.

Carole Guggenheim, Andreas Brand, Helmut Bürgmann, Laura Sigg, Bernhard Wehrli

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Carole GuggenheimInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland. carole_guggenheim@hotmail.com.
Andreas BrandInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
Helmut BürgmannEawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 6047, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5651-5906
Laura SiggEawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Bernhard WehrliInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) substantially reduce methane fluxes from freshwater sediments to the atmosphere. Their metalloenzyme methane monooxygenase (MMO) catalyses the first oxidation step converting methane to methanol. Its most prevalent form is the copper-dependent particulate pMMO, however, some MOB are also able to express the iron-containing, soluble sMMO under conditions of copper scarcity. So far, the link between copper availability in different forms and biological methane consumption in freshwater systems is poorly understood. Here, we present high-resolution profiles of MOB abundance and pMMO and sMMO functional genes in relation to copper, methane and oxygen profiles across the oxic-anoxic boundary of a stratified lake. We show that even at low nanomolar copper concentrations, MOB species containing the gene for pMMO expression are present at high abundance. The findings highlight the importance of copper as a micronutrient for MOB species and the potential usage of copper acquisition strategies, even under conditions of abundant iron, and shed light on the spatial distribution of these microorganisms.

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