Articles | Volume 22, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5173-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5173-2025
Research article
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01 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2025

Adaptation of methane-oxidizing bacteria to environmental changes: implications for coastal methane dynamics

Tim R. de Groot, Julia C. Engelmann, Pierre Ramond, Julia Dorigo, Judith van Bleijswijk, and Helge Niemann

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Niemann and Engelmann H. Niemann and J. Engelmann https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.6h

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Niemann and Engelmann H. Niemann and J. Engelmann https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.6h

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In the ocean, the potent greenhouse gas methane is largely produced – but also consumed – in coastal systems before reaching the atmosphere. Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will likely impact the community composition of aerobic methanotrophic bacteria (MOBs). Experiments with North Sea and Wadden Sea water showed that methane availability increased MOB abundance but that different MOB types could thrive under drastically changed environmental conditions.
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