The role of humic substances in mitigating greenhouse gases emissions: Current knowledge and research gaps

Reactivity, fate and functional roles of dissolved organic matter in anoxic inland waters

(2020) Maximilian P. Lau et al.   Biology Letters

AQDS and redox-active NOM enables microbial Fe(III)-mineral reduction at cm-scales

(2020) Yuge Bai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Long-Term Relationship between Microbial Metabolism and Greenhouse Gases

(2020) Lisa Y. Stein   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Sub-oxycline methane oxidation can fully uptake CH4 produced in sediments: case study of a lake in Siberia

(2020) Frédéric Thalasso et al.   Scientific Reports

Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mediated by Graphene Oxide-Based Materials

(2020) Kensuke Igarashi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Methane oxidation dynamics in a karst subterranean estuary

(2020) David Brankovits et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Are humic substances soil microbial residues or unique synthesized compounds? A perspective on their distinctiveness

(2020) Sen DOU et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Extracellular electron transfer-dependent anaerobic oxidation of ammonium by anammox bacteria

(2020) Dario R. Shaw et al.   Nature Communications

Humic Substances Mediate Anaerobic Methane Oxidation Linked to Nitrous Oxide Reduction in Wetland Sediments

(2020) Edgardo I. Valenzuela et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Lateral Gene Transfer Drives Metabolic Flexibility in the Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaeal Family Methanoperedenaceae

(2020) Andy O. Leu et al.   mBio

Anaerobic oxidation of methane and associated microbiome in anoxic water of Northwestern Siberian lakes

(2020) Léa Cabrol et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea

(2019) Paul N. Evans et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Onsite quantifying electron donating capacity of dissolved organic matter

(2019) Ying Yuan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Carbonate formation in salt dome cap rocks by microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2019) K. H. Caesar et al.   Nature Communications

Biochar-mediated Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane

(2019) Xueqin Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physiology and Distribution of Archaeal Methanotrophs That Couple Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane with Sulfate Reduction

(2019) S. Bhattarai et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

(2019) Ricardo Cavicchioli et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Biochar's role as an electron shuttle for mediating soil N2O emissions

(2019) Haijing Yuan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Cold oxygen plasma induces changes on the surface of carbon materials enhancing methanogenesis and N 2 O reduction in anaerobic sludge incubations

(2019) Paola S De Velasco‐Maldonado et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Membrane-Bound Cytochrome Enables Methanosarcina acetivorans To Conserve Energy from Extracellular Electron Transfer

(2019) Dawn E. Holmes et al.   mBio

Reduction of methane emissions from manganese-rich constructed wetlands: Role of manganese-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation

(2019) Wenbo Liu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Graphene functions as a conductive bridge to promote anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with iron reduction in mangrove sediment slurries

(2019) Qingsong Guan et al.   GEODERMA

Electron shuttles enhance anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to iron(III) reduction

(2019) Qiuxiang He et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Humic substances as electron acceptors for anaerobic oxidation of methane driven by ANME-2d

(2019) Ya-Nan Bai et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil: Role of electron acceptors and fertilization in mitigating CH4 fluxes

(2019) Lichao Fan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Humic substances, their microbial interactions and effects on biological transformations of organic pollutants in water and soil: A review

(2018) Ewa Lipczynska-Kochany   CHEMOSPHERE

Dual Role of Humic Substances As Electron Donor and Shuttle for Dissimilatory Iron Reduction

(2018) Noah Stern et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Electron-Donating Phenolic and Electron-Accepting Quinone Moieties in Peat Dissolved Organic Matter: Quantities and Redox Transformations in the Context of Peat Biogeochemistry

(2018) Nicolas Walpen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life on N2O: deciphering the ecophysiology of N2O respiring bacterial communities in a continuous culture

(2018) Monica Conthe et al.   ISME Journal

Increased suppression of methane production by humic substances in response to warming in anoxic environments

(2018) Wenbing Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Mechanism of anaerobic bio-reduction of azo dye assisted with lawsone-immobilized activated carbon

(2018) Daniel Olivo-Alanis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microbiological and environmental significance of metal-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2018) Zhanfei He et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effect of climate change on humic substances and associated impacts on the quality of surface water and groundwater: A review

(2018) Ewa Lipczynska-Kochany   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Genomics and Ecology of Novel N 2 O-Reducing Microorganisms

(2018) Sara Hallin et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Abundant Nonprotonated Aromatic and Oxygen-Bonded Carbons Make Humic Substances Distinct from Biopolymers

(2018) Xiaoyan Cao et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Revival of Archaeal Methane Microbiology

(2018) Cornelia U. Welte   mSystems

Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Linked to Microbial Reduction of Natural Organic Matter in Marine Sediments

(2018) E. Emilia Rios-Del Toro et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Electrode Colonization by the Feammox Bacterium Acidimicrobiaceae sp. Strain A6

(2018) Melany Ruiz-Urigüen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification: fundamentals, challenges, and potential

(2018) Hyung-Sool Lee et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biochar Modulates Methanogenesis through Electron Syntrophy of Microorganisms with Ethanol as a Substrate

(2018) Hai-Yan Yuan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Novel Gas Diffusion Cloth Bioanodes for High-Performance Methane-Powered Microbial Fuel Cells

(2018) Linpeng Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Electron accepting capacity of dissolved and particulate organic matter control CO2 and CH4 formation in peat soils

(2018) Chuanyu Gao et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Coupled methane and nitrous oxide biotransformation in freshwater wetland sediment microcosms

(2018) Cheng Cheng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Genomic Analyses of the Quinol Oxidases and/or Quinone Reductases Involved in Bacterial Extracellular Electron Transfer

(2018) Yuhong Zhong et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Electron shuttling mediated by humic substances fuels anaerobic methane oxidation and carbon burial in wetland sediments

(2018) Edgardo I. Valenzuela et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Degradation of organic pollutants by anaerobic methane-oxidizing microorganisms using methyl orange as example

(2018) Liang Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Iron-Coupled Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Performed by a Mixed Bacterial-Archaeal Community Based on Poorly Reactive Minerals

(2017) Itay Bar-Or et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Increased Electron-Accepting and Decreased Electron-Donating Capacities of Soil Humic Substances in Response to Increasing Temperature

(2017) Wenbing Tan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assessing redox properties of standard humic substances

(2017) S. Rakshit et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Anaerobic oxidation of methane by aerobic methanotrophs in sub-Arctic lake sediments

(2017) Karla Martinez-Cruz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Wastewater Opportunities for Denitrifying Anaerobic Methane Oxidation

(2017) Yali Wang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Happy together: microbial communities that hook up to swap electrons

(2016) Derek R Lovley   ISME Journal

Biogeochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequence evidence supports a novel mode of anaerobic methanotrophy in permanently ice-covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

(2016) Matthew A. Saxton et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Aerobic gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs mitigate methane emissions from oxic and anoxic lake waters

(2016) Kirsten Oswald et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Archaea catalyze iron-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2016) Katharina F. Ettwig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Artificial electron acceptors decouple archaeal methane oxidation from sulfate reduction

(2016) S. Scheller et al.   SCIENCE

Nitrate- and nitrite-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2016) Cornelia U. Welte et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Anaerobic decomposition of humic substances by Clostridium from the deep subsurface

(2016) Akio Ueno et al.   Scientific Reports

Wood-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar) as a Microbial Electron Donor and Acceptor

(2016) Jovita M. Saquing et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota

(2016) Inka Vanwonterghem et al.   Nature Microbiology

Electron Transfer Between Sulfide and Humic Acid: Electrochemical Evaluation of the Reactivity of Sigma-Aldrich Humic Acid Toward Sulfide

(2015) Zhi-Guo Yu et al.   AQUATIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Efficient anaerobic treatment of synthetic textile wastewater in a UASB reactor with granular sludge enriched with humic acids supported on alumina nanoparticles

(2015) Francisco J. Cervantes et al.   BIODEGRADATION

Effect of Humic Acids with Different Characteristics on Fermentative Short-Chain Fatty Acids Production from Waste Activated Sludge

(2015) Kun Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Electrochemical Analyses of Redox-Active Iron Minerals: A Review of Nonmediated and Mediated Approaches

(2015) Michael Sander et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota revealed by genome-centric metagenomics

(2015) P. N. Evans et al.   SCIENCE

Nitrate reduction by denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidizing microorganisms can reach a practically useful rate

(2015) Chen Cai et al.   WATER RESEARCH

High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions

(2015) K. E. A. Segarra et al.   Nature Communications

A Metagenomics-Based Metabolic Model of Nitrate-Dependent Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane by Methanoperedens-Like Archaea

(2015) Arslan Arshad et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Syntrophic growth via quinone-mediated interspecies electron transfer

(2015) Jessica A. Smith et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Growth of Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a High-Pressure Membrane Capsule Bioreactor

(2014) Peer H. A. Timmers et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Solid phases as important electron acceptors in freshwater organic sediments

(2014) Maximilian P. Lau et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Iron-Mediated Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Brackish Coastal Sediments

(2014) Matthias Egger et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reduction of Fe(III) oxides by phylogenetically and physiologically diverse thermophilic methanogens

(2014) Chihaya Yamada et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Humic substances as fully regenerable electron acceptors in recurrently anoxic environments

(2014) Laura Klüpfel et al.   Nature Geoscience

Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

(2014) Shanshan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Plugging in or going wireless: strategies for interspecies electron transfer

(2014) Pravin Malla Shrestha et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Anaerobic oxidation of methane: an “active” microbial process

(2014) Mengmeng Cui et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Biochar as an Electron Shuttle between Bacteria and Fe(III) Minerals

(2014) Andreas Kappler et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Humus-reducing microorganisms and their valuable contribution in environmental processes

(2013) Claudia M. Martinez et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Impact of electron acceptor availability on the anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal freshwater and brackish wetland sediments

(2013) Katherine E.A. Segarra et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Enhanced microbial decolorization of methyl red with oxidized carbon fiber as redox mediator

(2013) E. Emilia Rios-Del Toro et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Extracellular Quinones Affecting Methane Production and Methanogenic Community in Paddy Soil

(2013) Jielong Xu et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to nitrate reduction in a novel archaeal lineage

(2013) Mohamed F. Haroon et al.   NATURE

Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

(2013) Stefanie Kirschke et al.   Nature Geoscience

Reduction of palladium and production of nano-catalyst by Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2012) Aurora M. Pat-Espadas et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Promoting direct interspecies electron transfer with activated carbon

(2012) Fanghua Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Reduction of quinone and non-quinone redox functional groups in different humic acid samples by Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2012) Virginia Hernández-Montoya et al.   GEODERMA

Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical, microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales

(2012) Scott D. Bridgham et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Humic acid addition lowers methane release in peats of the Mer Bleue bog, Canada

(2012) Christian Blodau et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Sulfate-reducing microorganisms in wetlands – fameless actors in carbon cycling and climate change

(2012) Michael Pester   Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial reduction of Fe(III) in illite–smectite minerals by methanogen Methanosarcina mazei

(2011) Jing Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Electrochemical Analysis of Proton and Electron Transfer Equilibria of the Reducible Moieties in Humic Acids

(2011) Michael Aeschbacher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Domestic Wastewater Treatment as a Net Energy Producer–Can This be Achieved?

(2011) Perry L. McCarty et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Anaerobic degradation of benzene by enriched consortia with humic acids as terminal electron acceptors

(2011) Francisco J. Cervantes et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Active Methanotrophs in Two Contrasting North American Peatland Ecosystems Revealed Using DNA-SIP

(2011) Varun Gupta et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Humic Acid-Oxidizing, Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria in Agricultural Soils

(2011) J. I. Van Trump et al.   mBio

Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options

(2010) Brajesh K. Singh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

(2009) Katrin Knittel et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Reversible redox chemistry of quinones: Impact on biogeochemical cycles

(2009) Minori Uchimiya et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Arsenic Redox Changes by Microbially and Chemically Formed Semiquinone Radicals and Hydroquinones in a Humic Substance Model Quinone

(2009) Jie Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Rates and Extent of Reduction of Fe(III) Compounds and O2by Humic Substances

(2009) Iris Bauer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Novel Electrochemical Approach to Assess the Redox Properties of Humic Substances

(2009) Michael Aeschbacher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Marine Methane Oxidation

(2009) E. J. Beal et al.   SCIENCE

Humic acids as electron acceptors in wetland decomposition

(2009) Jason K. Keller et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY