Microbial formation of ethane in anoxic estuarine sediments
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Abstract
Estuarine sediment slurries produced methane and traces of ethane when incubated under hydrogen. Formation of methane occurred over a broad temperature range with an optimum above 65°C. Ethane formation had a temperature optimum at 40°C. Formation of these two gases was inhibited by air, autoclaving, incubation at 4 and 80°C, and by the methanogenic inhibitor, 2-bromoethanesulfonic acid. Ethane production was stimulated by addition of ethylthioethanesulfonic acid, and production from ethylthioethanesulfonic acid was blocked by 2-bromoethanesulfonic acid. A highly purified enrichment culture of a methanogenic bacterium obtained from sediments produced traces of ethane from ethylthioethanesulfonic acid. These results indicate that the small quantities of ethane found in anaerobic sediments can be formed by certain methanogenic bacteria.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Microbial formation of ethane in anoxic estuarine sediments |
| Series title | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
| DOI | 10.1128/aem.42.1.122-129.1981 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Contributing office(s) | San Francisco Bay-Delta, Pacific Regional Director's Office |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 122 |
| Last page | 129 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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