The enigmatic planctomycetes may hold a key to the origins of methanogenesis and methylotrophy

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1234-1241

  Chistoserdova, Ludmila ^a   Jenkins, Cheryl ^b   Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G ^a   Marx, Christopher J ^b   Lapidus, Alla ^c   Vorholt, Julia A ^d   Staley, James T ^b   Lidstrom, Mazy E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

C 1 transfer; Methanogenesis; Methylotrophy; Planctomycetes; Tetrahydromethanopterin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHANE; METHANOFURAN; METHANOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PLANCTOMYCETES;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FURANS; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; PTERINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 3042548836     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh113     Document Type: Article

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