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- First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
Since the deep-sea ecosystem likely plays such a key role in keeping methane away from Earth’s atmosphere, Goffredi said one day, the same type of microbes found on the Sericosura spiders could
- First-Known Species Of Methane-Powered Sea Spiders Have Been . . .
An abundance of the methane-loving bacteria was also found on the egg sacs carried by male sea spiders, indicating that the microbes may be transmitted between generations
- Newly-found sea spiders survive on methane-fed microbial coats
Given the deep ocean’s critical role in trapping methane, Goffredi believes the same microbes found on these spiders could one day be harnessed to clean up contaminated water in other environments
- Methane-eating sea spiders discovered off Southern California coast
The sea spiders are found deep underwater off the coast of San Diego and Los Angeles counties an underwater area where methane gas emerges from below the ocean floor and bubbles out into the
- Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as . . .
Methane seeps harbor uncharacterized animal-microbe symbioses with unique nutritional strategies Three undescribed sea spider species (family Ammotheidae; genus Sericosura) endemic to methane seeps were found along the eastern Pacific margin, from California to Alaska, hosting diverse methane- and methanol-oxidizing bacteria on their exoskeleton δ 13 C tissue isotope values of in situ
- Marine spiders who feed on methane discovered off the coast of . . .
The Unique Characteristics of These Marine Spiders The newly identified species are transparent and move in a somewhat clumsy manner According to the researchers, they are “cute” by aesthetic standards These spiders have formed a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms, enabling them to convert methane into a source of carbon and energy
- First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
On land it's a climate threat — but deep underwater, methane sustains strange life
- New sea spiders found feeding on methane near California vents
Methane seeps are remarkable deep-sea ecosystems where fluids rich in methane and hydrogen sulfide escape through fissures in the ocean floor, typically at depths between 600 and 5,000 feet, though they can occur from as shallow as 15 meters to depths exceeding 7,800 meters 1 2 These cold seeps (sometimes called cold vents) create unique habitats that support specialized communities of
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