High Potential of Methane Production from Coal by Fungi and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogens from Produced Water

Studying in situ microorganisms is essential to understand the formation of biogenic coalbed methane (CBM). Only a few studies have investigated the fungi community inhabiting in coal seams although fungi are found to degrade refractory compounds and solubilize coal and even work with methanogens to produce methane. In this study, produced water was collected from Qinshui Basin and used as the source of microflora to degrade coal. The function...