This production of methane is a rather complicated process, requiring a highly reducing environment (Eh −350 to −450 mV) and a pH between 6 and 8, as well as a complex syntrophic consortia of different varieties of archaea and bacteria, although it is only archaea that actually emit methane.
Esta produción de metano é un proceso bastante complicado, xa que necesita un ambiente altamente redutor (Eh -350 a -450 mV) e un pH entre 6 e 8, xunto cun consorcio sintrófico complexo de diferentes variedades de arqueas e bacterias, aínda que realmente son só as arqueas as que emiten o metano.