What is Archaea role in waste breakdown?
In a recent symposium at the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory, the following statement appears (Sowers, 1995): In aquatic sediments, bogs, marshes, tundra, heartwood of infected trees and anaerobic digesters, Archaea are the terminal members of a three-member consortium of microorganisms. In this consortium, Archaea convert products of the first two members, the fermentative and fatty-acid-oxidizing bacteria to methane and carbon dioxide.
