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Reverse Methanogenesis and Respiration in Methanotrophic Archaea.
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 379 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Viral communities from long-term anaerobic alkane-oxidizing enrichment cultures encode predicted cell surface adhesion functions.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- A C39-like protein from methanogenic archaea: structural insights and functional divergence in β-galactose analogue degradation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Methanotrophs and methane oxidation in cold wetlands: distribution, ecology, and mechanisms.ISME communications · 2026Review
- Biological conversion of methane to organic molecules: towards a low-carbon bioeconomy.National science review · 2026Review
- Alkane-oxidizing consortia produce substantial amounts of disaccharides.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Spatial Heterogeneity in Methane Biogeochemistry and Prokaryotic Community Structure in Sub-Arctic Waterbodies in Northern Canada.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Beyond Methane Oxidation: The Protein Landscape of ANME-2a Reveals an Integrated System for Diazotrophy and Membrane Fortification.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Anaerobic microbial degradation of persistent organic pollutants in aquatic sediments: implications of climate change.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Atomic resolution structures of the methane-activating enzyme in anaerobic methanotrophy reveal extensive post-translational modifications.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Electron acceptors modulate methane oxidation and active methanotrophic communities in anoxic urban wetland sediments.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Exploring Energy Conservation in Sulphate-Dependent Anaerobic Methane-Oxidising Consortia Through Metabolic Modelling.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Methanotrophic Flexibility of 'Ca. Methanoperedens' and Its Interactions With Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria in the Sediment of Meromictic Lake Cadagno.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Physiological Stress Response to Sulfide Exposure of Freshwater Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Environmental Gradients and Conservation Status Determine the Structure and Carbon-Related Metabolic Potential of the Prokaryotic Communities of Mediterranean Inland Saline Shallow Lakes.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific.Microbial genomics · 2025Article
- Microbial hydrogen oxidation potential in seasonally hypoxic Baltic Sea sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is catalyzed by anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea (ANME) via a reverse and modified methanogenesis pathway. Methanogens can also reverse the methanogenesis pathway to oxidize methane, but only during net methane production (i.e., "trace methane oxidation"). In turn, ANME can produce methane, but only during net methane oxidation (i.e., enzymatic back flux). Net AOM is exergonic when coupled to an external electron acceptor such as sulfate (ANME-1, ANME-2abc, and ANME-3), nitrate (ANME-2d), or metal (oxides). In this review, the reversibility of the methanogenesis pathway and essential differences between ANME and methanogens are described by combining published information with domain based (meta)genome comparison of archaeal methanotrophs and selected archaea. These differences include abundances and special structure of methyl coenzyme M reductase and of multiheme cytochromes and the presence of menaquinones or methanophenazines. ANME-2a and ANME-2d can use electron acceptors other than sulfate or nitrate for AOM, respectively. Environmental studies suggest that ANME-2d are also involved in sulfate-dependent AOM. ANME-1 seem to use a different mechanism for disposal of electrons and possibly are less versatile in electron acceptors use than ANME-2. Future research will shed light on the molecular basis of reversal of the methanogenic pathway and electron transfer in different ANME types.
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