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dc.contributor.authorGründger, Friederike
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, N.
dc.contributor.authorThielemann, T.
dc.contributor.authorStraaten, N.
dc.contributor.authorLüders, T.
dc.contributor.authorRichnow, H. H.
dc.contributor.authorKrüger, M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-08T12:58:59Z
dc.date.available2016-03-08T12:58:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-20
dc.description.abstractCoal-bearing sediments are major reservoirs of organic matter potentially available for methanogenic subsurface microbial communities. In this study the specific microbial community inside lignite-bearing sedimentary basin in Germany and its contribution to methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation processes was investigated. The stable isotope signature of methane measured in groundwater and coal-rich sediment samples indicated methanogenic activity. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed the presence of methanogenic Archaea, predominantly belonging to the orders Methanosarcinales and Methanomicrobiales, capable of acetoclastic or hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. Furthermore, we identified fermenting, sulfate-, nitrate-, and metal-reducing, or acetogenic Bacteria clustering within the phyla Proteobacteria, complemented by members of the classes Actinobacteria, and Clostridia. The indigenous microbial communities found in the groundwater as well as in the coal-rich sediments are able to degrade coal-derived organic components and to produce methane as the final product. Lignite-bearing sediments may be an important nutrient and energy source influencing larger compartments via groundwater transport.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version. Also available at <a href= http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00200> http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00200</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Microbiology 2015, 6:200en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1242241
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmicb.2015.00200
dc.identifier.issn1664-302X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8765
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8336
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiersen_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 223259
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470::Generell mikrobiologi: 472en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::General microbiology: 472en_US
dc.subjectmethanogenesisen_US
dc.subjectCenozoic sedimentsen_US
dc.subjectfluvial depositsen_US
dc.subjectstable isotope fractionationen_US
dc.subjectmethanogenic hydrocarbon degradationen_US
dc.subjectmethanogenic archaeaen_US
dc.subjectcoalen_US
dc.titleMicrobial methane formation in deep aquifers of a coal-bearing sedimentary basin, Germanyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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