Lukas VFN πͺπΊ#Scientists publish first experimental evidence for new groups of #methane-producing organisms https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-publish-experimental-evidence-groups.html #archaea #microbes
Cultivation and visualization of a methanogen of the phylum #Thermoproteota https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07631-6
Methyl-reducing #methanogenesis by a thermophilic culture of #Korarchaeia https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07829-8
Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the #Euryarchaeota https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07728-y
Scientists publish first experimental evidence for new groups of methane-producing organisms
A team of scientists from Montana State University has provided the first experimental evidence that two new groups of microbes thriving in thermal features in Yellowstone National Park produce methaneβa discovery that could one day contribute to the development of methods to mitigate climate change and provide insight into potential life elsewhere in our solar system.