On the Possibility of Aerobic Methane Production by Pelagic Microbial Communities of the Laptev Sea
Journal: Microbiology
Year: 2021

Abstract — The taxonomic diversity and metabolic activity of microbial communities in the Laptev Sea water column above and outside the methane seep field were studied. The concentrations of dissolved methane in the water column at both stations were comparable until the depth of the pycnocline (25 m). At this depth, local methane maxima were recorded, with the highest concentration (116 nM CH 4 ) found at the station outside the methane seep field. Results of the 16S rRNA gene sequencing and me