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SUBMITTER: Fournier GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2223567 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fournier Gregory P GP Gogarten J Peter JP
Journal of bacteriology 20071130 3
Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that two genes required for acetoclastic methanogenesis, ackA and pta, were horizontally transferred to the ancestor of Methanosarcina from a derived cellulolytic organism in the class Clostridia. This event likely occurred within the last 475 million years, causing profound changes in planetary methane biogeochemistry. ...[more]