Researchers studying microbial activity at another active oil-spill site found decreasing levels of methane over the course of s

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Researchers studying microbial activity at another active oil-spill site found decreasing levels of methane over the course of s

everal months, but no changes in oxygen saturation in any of their repeated samples. How should they interpret these results

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lana66690 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-02T00:04:00+03:00

Answer:

Methanotrophs.

Explanation:

Methanotrophs are those microbes (bacteria) which feeds on methane or used methane as energy source for their survival. These type of microbes survive by using single carbon compound as a source of energy. So we can say that due to the presence of Methanotrophs, the level of methane decreases while there is no change occurs in oxygen saturation level.