Two new papers involving members of the Microbial Oceanography group are out:
Symbiosis reshapes metabolism of sulfate-reducing bacteria in gutless marine worms
(D'Angelo et al., The ISME Journal)
How does life in symbiosis reshape microbial metabolism? The study reveals how a globally distributed lineage of sulfate-reducing bacterial symbionts has evolved a distinctive and conserved metabolic repertoire compared with its free-living relatives.
Significant enrichment of aerobic methanotrophs drives rapid consumption of methane in hydrothermally impacted deep waters
(Mao et al., Communications Earth & Environment)
What happens to methane released from deep-sea hydrothermal systems before it can reach the atmosphere? The study shows that highly active aerobic methanotrophs rapidly consume methane in hydrothermal plume-impacted waters, highlighting the important role of microorganisms in mitigating hydrothermally derived methane emissions.