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

• Main Authors: Hua, Zheng Shuang, Wang, Yu Lin, Evans, Paul N., Qu, Yan Ni, Goh, Kian Mau, Rao, Yang Zhi, Qi, Yan Ling, Li, Yu Xian, Huang, Min Jun, Jiao, Jian Yu, Chen, Ya Ting, Mao, Yan Ping, Shu, Wen Sheng, Hozzein, Wael, Hedlund, Brian P., Tyson, Gene W., Zhang, Tong, Li, Wen Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88556/1/GohKianMau2019_InsightsIntotheEcologicalRolesandEvolution.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88556/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12574-y

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 sever...