Occurrence and expression of novel methyl-coenzyme M reductase gene (mcrA) variants in hot spring sediments

Abstract Recent discoveries have shown that the marker gene for anaerobic methane cycling (mcrA) is more widespread in the Archaea than previously thought. However, it remains unclear whether novel mcrA genes associated with the Bathyarchaeota and Verstraetearchaeota are distributed across diverse e...

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Main Authors: Luke J. McKay, Roland Hatzenpichler, William P. Inskeep, Matthew W. Fields
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07354-x