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A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism.
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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. However, the origin and evolution of anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain Archaea remain controversial. Here, we present evidence that methylotrophic methanogenesis was the ancestral form of this metabolism. Carbon dioxide-reducing methanogenesis developed later through the evolution of tetrahydromethanopterin
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