• Methanogens are anaerobic archaea that produce methane as a byproduct of their energy metabolism, i.e., catabolism. Methane production, or methanogenesis...
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  • Methanogen homoaconitase (EC 4.2.1.114, methanogen HACN) is an enzyme with systematic name (R)-2-hydroxybutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylate hydro-lyase ((1R...
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    known. Instead they are often mutualists or commensals, such as the methanogens (methane-producing strains) that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract in...
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    ends by roughly 2,696 Ma. 3200 Paleoarchean Prokaryotic archaea (e.g. methanogens) and bacteria (e.g. cyanobacteria) diversify rapidly, along with early...
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  • Methanopyrus is a genus of methanogen, with a single described species, Methanopyrus kandleri. It is a rod-shaped hyperthermophile, discovered on the wall...
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    igneous crust of the Fennoscandian Shield shifted from being dominated by methanogens to being primarily composed of sulphate-reducing prokaryotes. The change...
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    respiration only known to be conducted by some members of the domain Archaea. Methanogens occur in landfills and soils, ruminants (for example, cattle), the guts...
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  • Methanogens are a group of microorganisms that produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. They play an important role in the digestive system...
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    fermentation (H2, CO2, acetate, and formate). M. smithii is a hydrogenotrophic methanogen that utilizes hydrogen by combining it with carbon dioxide to form methane...
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  • such ecosystems. Chemoautotrophs generally fall into several groups: methanogens, sulfur oxidizers and reducers, nitrifiers, anammox bacteria, and thermoacidophiles...
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    creates a shift in biomass production from root to shoot, decreasing the methanogen population, and resulting in a reduction of methane emissions of up to...
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    eruptions from the Siberian Traps – may have accelerated the evolution of methanogens towards the end of the Permian–Triassic extinction event. Microorganisms...
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    more bacteria from the colon to enter the small bowel. In some people, methanogens may reside in the oral cavity, as evidenced by reductions in breath methane...
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    CO2   ΔG° = −36 kJ/mol This disproportionation reaction is catalysed by methanogen archaea in their fermentative metabolism. One electron is transferred...
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  • together with methanogens, as exemplified by the conversion of carbohydrates by a Methanosarcina barkeri and coculture of A. woodii. The methanogen takes up...
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    them, and they only inhabit anoxic environments. A shared trait by all methanogens is their ability to recycle products. They can use the products of metabolic...
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    hydrogen reduction of carbon dioxide. Methane can also be produced by methanogens, archaea that produce methane under anoxic conditions, in a process known...
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    this wide distribution is a group of unique cofactors that evolved in methanogens, which are restricted to this group of archaea. Metabolism involves a...
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  • Anbar AD, Miller S, Hamilton TL, Lavin M, Peters JW (May 2011). "A late methanogen origin for molybdenum-dependent nitrogenase". Geobiology. 9 (3): 221–232...
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    29, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014. .... That spike in nickel allowed methanogens to take off. "Nickel 203904". Sigma Aldrich. Archived from the original...
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    per 1 molecule of glucose). However, some anaerobic organisms, such as methanogens are able to continue with anaerobic respiration, yielding more ATP by...
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    when E. coli lives together with hydrogen-consuming organisms, such as methanogens or sulphate-reducing bacteria. In addition, E. coli's metabolism can...
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    providing an optimal microenvironment for sulfate-reducing bacteria and methanogens, ligninolytic, cellulolytic, and amylolytic fungi are prevalent in the...
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    ancestor. This universal ancestral cell was prokaryotic and probably a methanogen that had extensive amino acid, nucleotide, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism...
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    stability. The evolution of the earliest organisms, likely anaerobic methanogen microbes, started the process by converting atmospheric hydrogen into...
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  • J. G.; Sousa, Diana Z. (August 2024). "Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota". Nature. 632 (8027): 1124–1130. Bibcode:2024Natur...
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    Kumar, J.I.; Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics...
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    Michael K. (24 May 2002). "A New UAG-Encoded Residue in the Structure of a Methanogen Methyltransferase". Science. 296 (5572): 1462–1466. Bibcode:2002Sci.....
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  • Methanogenium marinum is a psychrophilic, H2-using methanogen from Skan Bay, Alaska. Its cells are highly irregular, non-motile coccoids (diameter, 1 to...
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    degrees C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation". Proceedings of the National Academy...
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