New publication in mBio: Rare but mighty
Sulfate-reducing microbes control the production of the greenhouse gas methane in wetlands by competing effectively with methanogenic archaea. A research team with Bela Hausmann, Alexander Loy (DOME), and Michael Pester (DSMZ Braunschweig) has now discovered a new sulfate-reducing bacterium in wetlands, Candidatus Desulfosporosinus infrequens.
Candidatus Desulfosporosinus infrequens is present at low abundance in wetlands world-wide. Sulfate-reducing microbes control the production of the greenhouse gas methane in wetlands by competing effectively with methanogenic archaea. A research team with Bela Hausmann, Alexander Loy (DOME), and Michael Pester (DSMZ Braunschweig) has now discovered a new sulfate-reducing bacterium in wetlands, Candidatus Desulfosporosinus infrequens, which is present at low abundance in wetlands world-wide.
