Archaeal genomics: Divergent methanogenic archaea

Nature Reviews Microbiology 14, 667 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.156 Author: Andrea Du Toit Methanogenic anaerobic archaea produce the largest amount of methane on Earth. Methane metabolism was thought to originate early in the evolution of the phylum Euryarchaeota, a notion that was challenged following the discovery of putative methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota. Vanwonterghem et al

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Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - October 11, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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