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the anoxic primordial earth and planet(oid)s of the outer solar system. Astrobiology 8:1–14
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alkaline, moderately hypersaline desert lake. Appl Environ Microbiol 43:462–468
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California. In: Curray JR, Moore DG (eds) Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project, vol
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California. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 51:2915–2929
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ethylated reduced sulfur compounds in anoxic sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta
52:1895–1904
Ragsdale S (2019) A microbe that eats ethane under the sea. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/
d41586-019-00842-2
Triska FJ, Oremland RS (1981) Denitrification associated with periphyton communities. Appl
Environ Microbiol 42:745–748
Vogel TM, Oremland RS, Kvenvolden KA (1982) Low temperature formation of hydrocarbon
gases in San Francisco Bay sediment (California, U.S.A.). Chem Geol 37:289–298
Wasserfallen A, Nölling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Mercario E (2000) Phylogenetic analysis
of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus,
Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species,
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfei comb.
nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50:43–53
Wegener G, Krukenberg V, Reidel D, et al (2015) Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer
between methanogenic archaea and bacteria. Nature 526:587–590
Wegener G, Krukenberg V, Ruff SE et al (2016) Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms involved
in and associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Frontiers Microbiol 7. https://doi.
org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00046
Xie S, Lazar CS, Lin Y-S et al (2013) Ethane- and propane-producing potential and molecular
characterization of an enrichment in an anoxic estuarine sediment. Org Geochem 59:37–48
Zinder SH, Brock TD (1978) Production of methane and carbon dioxide from methane thiol and
dimethylsulfide by anaerobic lake sediments. Nature 273:226–228
652
R. S. Oremland
Geochim Cosmochim Acta 42:209–214
Oremland RS, Voytek MA (2008) Acetylene as fast-food: implications for development of life on
the anoxic primordial earth and planet(oid)s of the outer solar system. Astrobiology 8:1–14
Oremland RS, Marsh L, Des Marais DJ (1982a) Methanogenesis in Big Soda Lake, Nevada: An
alkaline, moderately hypersaline desert lake. Appl Environ Microbiol 43:462–468
Oremland RS, Marsh LM, Polcin S (1982b) Methane production and simultaneous sulfatereduction in anoxic, salt marsh sediments. Nature 296:143145
Oremland RS, Culbertson CW, Simoneit BRT (1982c) Methanogenic activity from leg 64, Gulf of
California. In: Curray JR, Moore DG (eds) Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project, vol
LXIV. Nat’l Science Foundation, Washington, DC, pp 759–762
Oremland RS, Miller L, Whiticar M (1987) Sources and flux of natural gases from Mono Lake,
California. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 51:2915–2929
Oremland RS, Whiticar MJ, Strohmaier FE et al (1988) Bacterial formation of ethane from
ethylated reduced sulfur compounds in anoxic sediments. Geochim Cosmochim Acta
52:1895–1904
Ragsdale S (2019) A microbe that eats ethane under the sea. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/
d41586-019-00842-2
Triska FJ, Oremland RS (1981) Denitrification associated with periphyton communities. Appl
Environ Microbiol 42:745–748
Vogel TM, Oremland RS, Kvenvolden KA (1982) Low temperature formation of hydrocarbon
gases in San Francisco Bay sediment (California, U.S.A.). Chem Geol 37:289–298
Wasserfallen A, Nölling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Mercario E (2000) Phylogenetic analysis
of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus,
Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species,
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfei comb.
nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50:43–53
Wegener G, Krukenberg V, Reidel D, et al (2015) Intercellular wiring enables electron transfer
between methanogenic archaea and bacteria. Nature 526:587–590
Wegener G, Krukenberg V, Ruff SE et al (2016) Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms involved
in and associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Frontiers Microbiol 7. https://doi.
org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00046
Xie S, Lazar CS, Lin Y-S et al (2013) Ethane- and propane-producing potential and molecular
characterization of an enrichment in an anoxic estuarine sediment. Org Geochem 59:37–48
Zinder SH, Brock TD (1978) Production of methane and carbon dioxide from methane thiol and
dimethylsulfide by anaerobic lake sediments. Nature 273:226–228
652
R. S. Oremland