Mao, Yan-Ping


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

Citation
Hua et al. (2019). Nature Communications 10 (1)
Names
Ca. Methanoproducendum senex
Abstract
Abstract 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 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) divergent to existing archaeal lineages. Here, we study the mcr-containing archaeal MAGs from several hot springs, which reveal further expansion in the diversity of archaeal organisms performing methane/alkane metabolism. Significantly, an MAG basal to organisms from the phy