Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens
B. A. Berghuis, F. B. Yu, F. Schulz, P. C. Blainey, T. Woyke, S. Quake
The paper discovers a hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis pathway in Verstraetearchaeota and the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Desulfurococcales, suggesting an ancient origin of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis and a later adaptation to methylotrophic methanogenesis.
bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2018Microbiology