A recent study has uncovered critical details about the association between anaerobic ciliates and methanogenic archaea, a relationship that has fascinated scientists for over decades. Researchers ...

Methanogenesis in subseafloor sediments is an important process in the planet's carbon cycle. A large quantity of methane is stored in the subseafloor as free gas, dissolved methane in the pore water ...

Methanogens are organisms so tiny that most people never notice them, yet they are nearly everywhere — in lakes and wetlands, wastewater treatment systems and landfills, and even inside the human ...