Genomic markers of ancient anaerobic microbial pathways: sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, and methane oxidation.
Genomic markers for anaerobic microbial processes in marine sediments-sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, and anaerobic methane oxidation-reveal the structure of sulfate-reducing, methanogenic, and methane-oxidizing microbial communities (including uncultured members); they allow inferences about the evolution of these ancient microbial pathways; and they open genomic windows into extreme microbial habitats, such as deep subsurface sediments and hydrothermal vents, that are analogs for the early Earth and for extraterrestrial microbiota.
Teske
Andreas
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Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA. teske@email.unc.edu
Dhillon
Ashita
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Sogin
Mitchell L
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D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D023281:Genomics; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry; D008800:Mexico; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry
D013431:Sulfates; D008697:Methane