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and ANME-2 Archaea in consortia with sulfate reducers or without them.
Future research combining FISH, quantitative gene expression studies, protein
isolation and sequencing, and biogeochemical rate measurements could help to
resolve one of the largest Black Sea scientific mysteries related to methane cy-
cling - simultaneous co-existence of methane oxidation, production and sulfate
reduction.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the grant of Russian President for supporting
scientific schools 2068.2003.04 and by the Russian Academy of Sciences (grant
MCB RAS) to N. Pimenov and by the DFG grant SCHI535.
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