Methane-Fueled Syntrophy through Extracellular Electron Transfer: Uncovering the Genomic Traits Conserved within Diverse Bacterial Partners of Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea

The anaerobic oxidation of methane by anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea in syntrophic partnership with deltaproteobacterial sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is the primary mechanism for methane removal in ocean sediments. The mechanism of their syntrophy has been the subject of much research as...

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Main Authors: Connor T. Skennerton, Karuna Chourey, Ramsunder Iyer, Robert L. Hettich, Gene W. Tyson, Victoria J. Orphan, Nicole Dubilier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/4/e00530-17