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NO connection with methane

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Microorganisms that grow by oxidizing methane come in two basic types, aerobic and anaerobic. Now we have something in between that generates its own supply of molecular oxygen by metabolizing nitric oxide.

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Figure 1: Four modes of methane metabolism by microorganisms.

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  1. Water Resources Division, Ronald S. Oremland is in the National Research Program, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. roremlan@usgs.gov,

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