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Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes

Methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea produce and consume the greenhouse gas methane, respectively, using the reversible enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr). Recently, Mcr variants that can activate multicarbon alkanes have been recovered from archaeal enrichment cultures. These enzymes, call...

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Autores principales: Zehnle, Hanna, Laso-Pérez, Rafael, Lipp, Julius, Riedel, Dietmar, Benito Merino, David, Teske, Andreas, Wegener, Gunter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10322722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37264141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01400-3