Genomic Insights into a Versatile Deep-Sea Methanotroph Constituting the Rare Biosphere of a Brazilian Carbonate Mound Complex
Ana Carolina de Araújo Butarelli, Fernanda Mancini Nakamura, Francielli Vilela Peres, Flúvio Modolon, Amanda Gonçalves Bendia, Raíssa Basti Ramos, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida, Vivian H. Pellizari
The paper identifies a novel deep-sea methanotroph, Methylotuvimicrobium crucis, from a Brazilian carbonate mound, revealing its genomic adaptations for survival in oligotrophic environments.
mSystems · Dec 23, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology