Nature Communications (Nov 2020)
Thermogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation by diverse depth-stratified microbial populations at a Scotian Basin cold seep
- Xiyang Dong,
- Jayne E. Rattray,
- D. Calvin Campbell,
- Jamie Webb,
- Anirban Chakraborty,
- Oyeboade Adebayo,
- Stuart Matthews,
- Carmen Li,
- Martin Fowler,
- Natasha M. Morrison,
- Adam MacDonald,
- Ryan A. Groves,
- Ian A. Lewis,
- Scott H. Wang,
- Daisuke Mayumi,
- Chris Greening,
- Casey R. J. Hubert
Affiliations
- Xiyang Dong
- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Jayne E. Rattray
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- D. Calvin Campbell
- Geological Survey of Canada-Atlantic
- Jamie Webb
- Applied Petroleum Technology (Canada)
- Anirban Chakraborty
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Oyeboade Adebayo
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Stuart Matthews
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Carmen Li
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Martin Fowler
- Applied Petroleum Technology (Canada)
- Natasha M. Morrison
- Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines
- Adam MacDonald
- Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines
- Ryan A. Groves
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Ian A. Lewis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Scott H. Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Daisuke Mayumi
- Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Chris Greening
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
- Casey R. J. Hubert
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19648-2
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Describing anaerobic short chain alkane degrading archaea at a newly discovered cold seep, the authors here suggest that these organisms play much more important roles in submarine carbon cycling globally than previously thought.
