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Cold seeps are potential hotspots of deep-sea nitrogen loss driven by microorganisms across 21 phyla

Little is known about nitrogen loss processes in deep-sea cold seeps. Here, the authors report that cold seeps are potential hotspots of nitrogen loss, revealing high rates and a diverse range of nitrogen loss genes across multiple microbial phyla.

Qiuyun Jiang
Lei Cao
Xiyang Dong
ResearchOpen Access14 Feb 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-16
Hydrogen and dark oxygen drive microbial productivity in diverse groundwater ecosystems

Microbes in ancient groundwaters can be very diverse and productive. Some microbes seem to produce oxygen in the dark, which others use to consume the greenhouse gas methane. Their metabolisms are relevant for groundwater health and global change.

S. Emil Ruff
Pauline Humez
Marc Strous
ResearchOpen Access13 Jun 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-17
Mobility and persistence of methane in groundwater in a controlled-release field experiment

Most monitoring of methane well leakage focuses on emissions of methane gas to the atmosphere. In a controlled-release field experiment, significant methane also persisted in aquifer groundwater due to lateral migration along bedding planes.

Aaron G. Cahill
Colby M. Steelman
Beth L. Parker
Research27 Mar 2017
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 10, P: 289-294
In situ development of a methanotrophic microbiome in deep-sea sediments

S. E. Ruff
J. Felden
A. Boetius
ResearchOpen Access28 Aug 2018
The ISME Journal

Volume: 13, P: 197-213
Degradation of biological macromolecules supports uncultured microbial populations in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments

Sherlynette Pérez Castro
Mikayla A. Borton
S. Emil Ruff
ResearchOpen Access10 Jun 2021
The ISME Journal

Volume: 15, P: 3480-3497