JOURNAL ARTICLE

What is the role of microbes in gas hydrate formation and stability?

  • Published In: Environmental Microbiology, 2023, v. 25, n. 1. P. 45 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Glass, Jennifer B. 3 of 3

Abstract

Gas hydrates (also known as gas clathrates) are composed of gas molecules, most often methane, trapped in solid cages of water molecules. On continental margins, the gas hydrate stability zone is typically tens to hundreds of metres beneath the seafloor, and hydrates tend to occur in sediment layers with larger pore spaces (e.g., sand rather than clay; Malinverno, [35]). Recombinantly expressed clathrate-binding proteins (CbpAs) encoded in genomes of hydrate bacteria bind to and change the morphology of tetrahydrofuran hydrate (Johnson et al., [25]) and methane hydrate (Huard et al., [20]). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Environmental Microbiology. 2023/01, Vol. 25, Issue 1, p45
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Chemistry
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1462-2912
  • DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.16252
  • Accession Number:161395132
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