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IMAGE: The Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vents - the home of the studied methane-oxidizing microorganisms. The heat loving microorganisms thrive under the orange microbial mat in the background. The high temperatures of. view more
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Methane, a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4, is not only a powerful greenhouse gas, but also an important energy source. It heats our homes, and even seafloor microbes make a living of it. The microbes use a process called anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), which happens commonly in the seafloor in so-called sulfate-methane transition zones - layers in the seafloor where sulfate from the seawater meets methane from the deeper sediment. Here, specialized microorganisms, the ANaerobically MEthane-oxidizing (ANME) archaea, consume the methane. They live in close association with bacteria, which use electrons released during methane oxidation for sulfate reduction. For this
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IMAGE: The Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vents - the home of the studied methane-oxidizing microorganisms. The heat loving microorganisms thrive under the orange microbial mat in the background. The high temperatures of. view more
Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Methane, a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4, is not only a powerful greenhouse gas, but also an important energy source. It heats our homes, and even seafloor microbes make a living of it. The microbes use a process called anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), which happens commonly in the seafloor in so-called sulfate-methane transition zones - layers in the seafloor where sulfate from the seawater meets methane from the deeper sediment. Here, specialized microorganisms, the ANaerobically MEthane-oxidizing (ANME) archaea, consume the methane. They live in close association with bacteria, which use electrons released during methane oxidation for sulfate reduction. For this
Published April 6, 2021, 11:40 AM
China’s reported overuse of antibiotics in its fisheries products threatens food safety in the Philippines, which imports billions worth of seafood products from the world’s second-largest economy every year.
In a virtual briefing on Monday, Asis Perez, convenor of food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan, raised concerns over the study recently published in the journal Marine Environmental Science, revealing that China has dumped large quantities of antibiotics into the ocean.
According to the study, the amount of antibiotics found along China’s 32,000-kilometer coastline is equivalent to 20,000 penicillin tablets dropped in a standard-sized swimming pool.
Consular offices remain shut
CONSULAR offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will remain closed after the strict lockdown was extended until April 11.
In a statement on Sunday night, the agency said the consular offices in Aseana, Parañaque City, Antipolo City in Rizal, Dasmariñas in Cavite, Malolos in Bulacan, and San Pablo in Laguna would remain closed.
Passport applicants would be accommodated after the enhanced community quarantine. Applicants will get an e-mail with their new appointment schedules, DFA said.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Saturday extended the enhanced community quarantine in the capital region, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna and Bulacan to curb a fresh surge in coronavirus infections.
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