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Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments
Methanol is an ubiquitous compound that plays a role in microbial processes as a carbon and energy source, intermediate in metabolic processes or as end product in fermentation. In anoxic environments, methanol can act as the sole carbon and energy source for several guilds of microorganisms: sulfat...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8048578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33587796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15434 |
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author | Fischer, Peter Q. Sánchez‐Andrea, Irene Stams, Alfons J. M. Villanueva, Laura Sousa, Diana Z. |
author_facet | Fischer, Peter Q. Sánchez‐Andrea, Irene Stams, Alfons J. M. Villanueva, Laura Sousa, Diana Z. |
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description | Methanol is an ubiquitous compound that plays a role in microbial processes as a carbon and energy source, intermediate in metabolic processes or as end product in fermentation. In anoxic environments, methanol can act as the sole carbon and energy source for several guilds of microorganisms: sulfate‐reducing microorganisms, nitrate‐reducing microorganisms, acetogens and methanogens. In marine sediments, these guilds compete for methanol as their common substrate, employing different biochemical pathways. In this review, we will give an overview of current knowledge of the various ways in which methanol reaches marine sediments, the ecology of microorganisms capable of utilizing methanol and their metabolism. Furthermore, through a metagenomic analysis, we shed light on the unknown diversity of methanol utilizers in marine sediments which is yet to be explored. |
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spelling | pubmed-80485782021-04-19 Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments Fischer, Peter Q. Sánchez‐Andrea, Irene Stams, Alfons J. M. Villanueva, Laura Sousa, Diana Z. Environ Microbiol Minireviews Methanol is an ubiquitous compound that plays a role in microbial processes as a carbon and energy source, intermediate in metabolic processes or as end product in fermentation. In anoxic environments, methanol can act as the sole carbon and energy source for several guilds of microorganisms: sulfate‐reducing microorganisms, nitrate‐reducing microorganisms, acetogens and methanogens. In marine sediments, these guilds compete for methanol as their common substrate, employing different biochemical pathways. In this review, we will give an overview of current knowledge of the various ways in which methanol reaches marine sediments, the ecology of microorganisms capable of utilizing methanol and their metabolism. Furthermore, through a metagenomic analysis, we shed light on the unknown diversity of methanol utilizers in marine sediments which is yet to be explored. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021-02-25 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8048578/ /pubmed/33587796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15434 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Environmental Microbiology published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Fischer, Peter Q. Sánchez‐Andrea, Irene Stams, Alfons J. M. Villanueva, Laura Sousa, Diana Z. Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title | Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title_full | Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title_fullStr | Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title_full_unstemmed | Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title_short | Anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
title_sort | anaerobic microbial methanol conversion in marine sediments |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8048578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33587796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15434 |
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