ArticleScience advances2021
RETRACTED: A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism.
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Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2021-02-17Concerns/Issues about Data · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Lack of Approval from Third Party · Upgrade/Update of Prior Notice(s) ·
- Expression of concern · 2021-02-16Concerns/Issues about Data · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Lack of Approval from Third Party · Updated to Retraction ·
- Expression of concern
- Retracted
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Methanogens are considered as one of the earliest life forms on Earth, and together with anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea, they have crucial effects on climate stability. Yet, the origin and evolution of anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain Archaea remain controversial. Here, we show that methanogenesis was already present in the common ancestor of Euryarchaeota, TACK archaea, and Asgard archaea likely in the late Hadean or early Archean eon and that the ancestral methanogen was dependent on methylated compounds and hydrogen. Carbon dioxide-reducing methanogenesis developed later through the evolution of tetrahydromethanopterin
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