Methanogenic archaea are increasingly being recognized as functional players in the gut’s ecosystem, rather than merely producers of gas. A tightly controlled human feeding study suggests that ...

Researchers have tested the methane production of three different types of microorganisms in different soil types that resemble those found on Mars to test the possibility of these soils harboring ...

Sulfur is a fundamental element of life and all organisms need it to synthesize cellular materials. Autotrophs, such as plants and algae, acquire sulfur by converting sulfate into sulfide, which can ...

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the research consortium with a grant of more than two million euros. The Science Year 2020 has its focus on Bioeconomy with the aim of ...

Meet methanogens — gut microbes that turn fiber into methane and extra energy. But not everyone has them. Nearly half of us are natural methane producers. That's because some people’s gut microbiomes ...

Who says biologists only like to sit in their labs doing research? The theory proves wrong with CSUN’s Larry Baresi, a Northridge resident who enjoys cooking, making wines, riding his bike, hiking, ...

Archaea are a major branch of life, but we still have a lot to learn about these microbes, which were only discovered in the 1970s. They are now known to play a variety of roles in environmental ...

New research suggests that methanogens -- among the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth -- could survive on Mars. Methanogens, microorganisms in the domain Archaea, use hydrogen as their energy ...

An estimated 1 billion tons of methane is produced each year by anaerobic microorganisms called methanogenic archaea. As methane is a potent greenhouse gas, increasing atmospheric concentrations of ...

Nearly half of us are natural methane producers. That's because some people's gut microbiomes include methanogens, microbes that produce methane as a byproduct of digestion. While this doesn't mean we ...