Knowledge gap closed in our understanding of degradation of ethane

With a share of up to ten percent, ethane is the second most common component of natural gas and is present in deep-seated land and marine gas deposits all around the world. Up to now, it was unclear how ethane is degraded in the absence of oxygen. Researchers have discovered a single-celled organism able to degrade ethane without oxygen.

from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190328102614.htm