Pelsma, Koen AJ, in 't Zandt, Michiel H, Op den Camp, Huub JM, Jetten, Mike SM, Dean, Joshua F 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9058-7076 and Welte, Cornelia U
(2022)
Amsterdam urban canals contain novel niches for methane-cycling microorganisms.
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 24 (1).
pp. 82-97.
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Abstract
Urbanised environments have been identified as hotspots of anthropogenic methane emissions. Especially urban aquatic ecosystems are increasingly recognised as important sources of methane. However, the microbiology behind these emissions remains unexplored. Here, we applied microcosm incubations and molecular analyses to investigate the methane-cycling community of the Amsterdam canal system in the Netherlands. The sediment methanogenic communities were dominated by Methanoregulaceae and Methanosaetaceae, with co-occurring methanotrophic Methanoperedenaceae and Methylomirabilaceae indicating the potential for anaerobic methane oxidation. Methane was readily produced after substrate amendment, suggesting an active but substrate-limited methanogenic community. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of the sediment revealed a high relative abundance of Thermodesulfovibrionia. Canal wall biofilms showed the highest initial methanotrophic potential under oxic conditions compared to the sediment. During prolonged incubations the maximum methanotrophic rate increased to 8.08 mmol g<sub>DW</sub> <sup>-1</sup> d<sup>-1</sup> that was concomitant with an enrichment of Methylomonadaceae bacteria. Metagenomic analysis of the canal wall biofilm lead to the recovery of a single methanotroph metagenome-assembled genome. Taxonomic analysis showed that this methanotroph belongs to the genus Methyloglobulus. Our results underline the importance of previously unidentified and specialised environmental niches at the nexus of the natural and human-impacted carbon cycle.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Methylococcaceae, Euryarchaeota, Methane, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Ecosystem, Oxidation-Reduction |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Environmental Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 16:09 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 20:45 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1462-2920.15864 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15864 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3164053 |
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