CO2 conversion to methane and biomass in obligate methylotrophic methanogens in marine sediments
X. Yin, W. Wu, M. Maeke, T. Richter-Heitmann, A. Kulkarni, O. E. Oni, J. Wendt, M. Elvert, M. W. Friedrich
The paper shows that obligate methylotrophic methanogens in marine sediments can use CO2 to produce methane and incorporate significant amounts of dissolved inorganic carbon into lipids.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2019Microbiology