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Physiological Ecology of Methanogens

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Methanogenesis

Part of the book series: Chapman & Hall Microbiology Series ((CHMBS))

Abstract

Biological methanogenesis plays a major role in the carbon cycle on Earth. Methanogenesis is the terminal step in carbon flow in many anaerobic habitats, including marine and freshwater sediments, marshes and swamps, flooded soils, bogs, geothermal habitats, and animal gastrointestinal tracts. CH4 escaping from anaerobic habitats can serve as a carbon and energy source for aerobic methanotrophic bacteria, and can escape to the atmosphere, where it is a major participant in atmospheric chemical reactions and is an important greenhouse gas.

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