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Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

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  • Ashna A. Raghoebarsing

    (Department of Microbiology)

  • Alfons J. P. Smolders

    (Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology)

  • Markus C. Schmid

    (Department of Microbiology)

  • W. Irene C. Rijpstra

    (Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology)

  • Mieke Wolters-Arts

    (Radboud University Nijmegen)

  • Jan Derksen

    (Radboud University Nijmegen)

  • Mike S. M. Jetten

    (Department of Microbiology)

  • Stefan Schouten

    (Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology)

  • Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

    (Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology)

  • Leon P. M. Lamers

    (Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology)

  • Jan G. M. Roelofs

    (Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology)

  • Huub J. M. Op den Camp

    (Department of Microbiology)

  • Marc Strous

    (Department of Microbiology)

Abstract

For peat's sake Peat burning fuelled Europe's economy for centuries before the rise of fossil fuels. It seems odd that so much energy was accumulated by an ecosystem with low primary productivity. This paradox is now resolved with the discovery that Sphagnum mosses act with symbiotic bacteria to recycle methane so efficiently that high organic carbon burial is achieved in these wetland ecosystems.

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  • Ashna A. Raghoebarsing & Alfons J. P. Smolders & Markus C. Schmid & W. Irene C. Rijpstra & Mieke Wolters-Arts & Jan Derksen & Mike S. M. Jetten & Stefan Schouten & Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté & Leon P. M, 2005. "Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs," Nature, Nature, vol. 436(7054), pages 1153-1156, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:436:y:2005:i:7054:d:10.1038_nature03802
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03802
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    1. Jelena Milić & Jelena Avdalović & Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, 2024. "Microbial bioremediation of the oil polluted environment and the sustainable development goals of pillar Planet of the Agenda 2030," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(12), pages 30355-30377, December.

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