Microorganisms can carry out a wonderful range of chemical transformations. The anaerobic oxidation of methane seemed not to be among them. But it is — both with sulphate, and now it turns out, with nitrate.
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Thauer, R., Shima, S. Methane and microbes. Nature 440, 878–879 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440878a
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