NSF backs Nicole Buan’s three-year study mapping Methanosarcina acetivorans metabolism to understand methanogen biochemistry ...

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Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

We don't all respond to the same diets in the same way, and results from a new study help explain why: Gut microbes that naturally produce more methane are also able to squeeze more energy and ...

Seaweed washing onto sandy shores does more than rot. A new study found that it fuels oxygen-tolerant microorganisms that pump methane into the air, overturning a long-held scientific assumption about ...

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Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature ...

Featured oral presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2025 demonstrates significant modulatory effects of palatable elemental diet on methanogens in managing the gut microbiome beyond just bacteria ...

Microbial distribution, co-occurrence patterns and driving mechanisms in the Yellow River Delta across sedimentary time scales. In this image, the first, second and third plots (A, B and C) showed the ...

Hydrogen and methane breath tests (HMBT) are a noninvasive diagnostic tool commonly employed to evaluate small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and issues with carbohydrate malabsorption, such ...

Trapping carbon dioxide in rocks has been touted as a low-cost strategy for combating climate change. But a recent study shows that trace metals released by certain rock types proposed for CO 2 ...