High concentrations of dissolved biogenic methane associated with cyanobacterial blooms in East African lake surface water

Stefano Fazi; Stefano Amalfitano; Stefania Venturi; Nic Pacini; Eusebi Vazquez; Lydia A. Olaka; Franco Tassi; Simona Crognale; Peter Herzsprung; Oliver J. Lechtenfeld; Jacopo Cabassi; Francesco Capecchiacci; Simona Rossetti; Michail M. Yakimov; Orlando Vaselli; David M. Harper; Andrea Butturini

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02365-x

Communications Biology (Jul 2021)

High concentrations of dissolved biogenic methane associated with cyanobacterial blooms in East African lake surface water

Stefano Fazi,
Stefano Amalfitano,
Stefania Venturi,
Nic Pacini,
Eusebi Vazquez,
Lydia A. Olaka,
Franco Tassi,
Simona Crognale,
Peter Herzsprung,
Oliver J. Lechtenfeld,
Jacopo Cabassi,
Francesco Capecchiacci,
Simona Rossetti,
Michail M. Yakimov,
Orlando Vaselli,
David M. Harper,
Andrea Butturini

Affiliations

Stefano Fazi: Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR)
Stefano Amalfitano: Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR)
Stefania Venturi: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence
Nic Pacini: Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende
Eusebi Vazquez: Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona
Lydia A. Olaka: Department of Geology, University of Nairobi
Franco Tassi: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence
Simona Crognale: Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR)
Peter Herzsprung: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Oliver J. Lechtenfeld: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Jacopo Cabassi: Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, National Research Council of Italy (IGG-CNR)
Francesco Capecchiacci: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence
Simona Rossetti: Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR)
Michail M. Yakimov: Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, National Research Council of Italy (IRBIM-CNR)
Orlando Vaselli: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence
David M. Harper: University of Leicester School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Andrea Butturini: Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02365-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fazi et al. report on an extraordinarily high biogenic methane concentration detected in the surface water of Lake Sonachi, Kenya. Using gas chromatography and microbiome profiling, they determine that these high concentrations are associated with cyanobacterial blooms and help provide insight to methanogenesis in meromictic soda lakes.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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