Comparative genomics reveals electron transfer and syntrophic mechanisms differentiating methanotrophic and methanogenic archaea

GL Chadwick, CT Skennerton, R Laso-Pérez… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulfate reduction is a microbially mediated
process requiring a syntrophic partnership between anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) …

Methane-fueled syntrophy through extracellular electron transfer: uncovering the genomic traits conserved within diverse bacterial partners of anaerobic …

CT Skennerton, K Chourey, R Iyer, RL Hettich… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The anaerobic oxidation of methane by anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea in
syntrophic partnership with deltaproteobacterial sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is the …

Metagenome and mRNA expression analyses of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea of the ANME‐1 group

A Meyerdierks, M Kube, I Kostadinov… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial consortia mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate are composed
of methanotrophic Archaea (ANME) and Bacteria related to sulfate‐reducing …

Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens

BA Berghuis, FB Yu, F Schulz… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Methanogenic archaea are major contributors to the global carbon cycle and were long
thought to belong exclusively to the euryarchaeal phylum. Discovery of the methanogenesis …

Physiology and distribution of archaeal methanotrophs that couple anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate reduction

S Bhattarai, C Cassarini, PNL Lens - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
In marine anaerobic environments, methane is oxidized where sulfate-rich seawater meets
biogenic or thermogenic methane. In those niches, a few phylogenetically distinct microbial …

Methylotrophic methanogens everywhere—physiology and ecology of novel players in global methane cycling

A Söllinger, T Urich - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Research on methanogenic Archaea has experienced a revival, with many novel lineages of
methanogens recently being found through cultivation and suggested via metagenomics …

Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis

YF Ou, HP Dong, SJ McIlroy, SA Crowe… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Methane produced by methanogenic archaea has an important influence on Earth's
changing climate. Methanogenic archaea are phylogenetically diverse and widespread in …

Metabolic versatility in methanogens

KC Costa, JA Leigh - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The methanogens consist of the hydrogenotrophs and the methylotrophs.•The
methanogens are metabolically more versatile than previously appreciated.•Alternative …

Lateral Gene Transfer Drives Metabolic Flexibility in the Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaeal Family Methanoperedenaceae

AO Leu, SJ McIlroy, J Ye, DH Parks, VJ Orphan… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is an important biological process responsible for
controlling the flux of methane into the atmosphere. Members of the archaeal family …

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 …