Diverse methylotrophic methanogenic archaea cause high methane emissions from seagrass meadows

S Schorn, S Ahmerkamp, E Bullock… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Marine coastlines colonized by seagrasses are a net source of methane to the atmosphere.
However, methane emissions from these environments are still poorly constrained, and the …

Occurrence and expression of novel methyl-coenzyme M reductase gene (mcrA) variants in hot spring sediments

LJ McKay, R Hatzenpichler, WP Inskeep, MW Fields - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recent discoveries have shown that the marker gene for anaerobic methane cycling (mcrA)
is more widespread in the Archaea than previously thought. However, it remains unclear …

Identification of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Genes Associated with Methane-Oxidizing Archaea

SJ Hallam, PR Girguis, CM Preston… - Applied and …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phylogenetic and stable-isotope analyses implicated two methanogen-like archaeal groups,
ANME-1 and ANME-2, as key participants in the process of anaerobic methane oxidation …

Methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota revealed by genome-centric metagenomics

PN Evans, DH Parks, GL Chadwick, SJ Robbins… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea play important roles in the global flux of
methane. Culture-independent approaches are providing deeper insight into the diversity …

Reverse methanogenesis: testing the hypothesis with environmental genomics

SJ Hallam, N Putnam, CM Preston, JC Detter… - Science, 2004 - science.org
Microbial methane consumption in anoxic sediments significantly impacts the global
environment by reducing the flux of greenhouse gases from ocean to atmosphere. Despite …

Divergent methyl-coenzyme M reductase genes in a deep-subseafloor Archaeoglobi

JA Boyd, SP Jungbluth, AO Leu, PN Evans… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) complex is a key enzyme in archaeal methane
generation and has recently been proposed to also be involved in the oxidation of short …

Evidence for nontraditional mcr-containing archaea contributing to biological methanogenesis in geothermal springs

J Wang, YN Qu, PN Evans, Q Guo, F Zhou, M Nie… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Recent discoveries of methyl-coenzyme M reductase–encoding genes (mcr) in uncultured
archaea beyond traditional euryarchaeotal methanogens have reshaped our view of …

Methylotrophic methanogenesis discovered in the archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota

I Vanwonterghem, PN Evans, DH Parks… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Methanogenesis is the primary biogenic source of methane in the atmosphere and a key
contributor to climate change. The long-standing dogma that methanogenesis originated …

Methyl‐coenzyme M reductase genes: unique functional markers for methanogenic and anaerobic methane‐oxidizing Archaea

MW Friedrich - Methods in enzymology, 2005 - Elsevier
In many anoxic environments, methanogenesis is the predominant terminal electron
accepting process involved in the mineralization of organic matter, which is catalyzed by …

Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea

ZS Hua, YL Wang, PN Evans, YN Qu, KM Goh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several recent studies have shown the presence of genes for the key enzyme associated
with archaeal methane/alkane metabolism, methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr), in …