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A microbe that eats ethane under the sea
Ragsdale, S.W. (2019). A microbe that eats ethane under the sea. Nature (Lond.) 568(7750): 40-41
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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Van Dover, C.L. (2019). Forty years of fathoming life in the ocean depths. Nature (Lond.) 567(7747): 182-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00728-3, more
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Chen, S.-C.; Musat, N.; Lechtenfeld, O.J.; Paschke, H.; Schmidt, M.; Said, N.; Popp, D.; Calabrese, F.; Stryhanyuk, H.; Jaekel, U.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Joye, S.B.; Richnow, H.-H.; Widdel, F.; Musat, F. (2019). Anaerobic oxidation of ethane by archaea from a marine hydrocarbon seep. Nature (Lond.) 568(7750): 108-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1063-0, more
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  • Ragsdale, S.W.
Abstract
    A microorganism that consumes ethane in the absence of environmental oxygen has been discovered. In the depths of the sea, this microbe, which oxidizes ethane, partners with another that reduces sulfate to sulfide.
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