A widespread group of large plasmids in methanotrophic Methanoperedens archaea

Anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea obtain energy from the breakdown of methane. Here, Schoelmerich et al. describe large plasmids associated with ANME archaea of the Methanoperedens genus in enrichment cultures and other natural anoxic environments, opening the way for development of genetic ve...

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Main Authors: Marie C. Schoelmerich, Heleen T. Ouboter, Rohan Sachdeva, Petar I. Penev, Yuki Amano, Jacob West-Roberts, Cornelia U. Welte, Jillian F. Banfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34588-9