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Methanotrophic Methanoperedens archaea host diverse and interacting extrachromosomal elements.
Nature microbiology - 1 Sept 2024
Shi Ling-Dong, West-Roberts Jacob, Schoelmerich Marie C, Penev Petar I, Chen LinXing, Amano Yuki, Lei Shufei, Sachdeva Rohan, Banfield Jillian F
Abstract excerpt
Methane emissions are mitigated by anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea, including Methanoperedens. Some Methanoperedens host huge extrachromosomal genetic elements (ECEs) called Borgs that may modulate their activity, yet the broader diversity of Methanoperedens ECEs is understudied. Here we report small enigmatic linear ECEs, circular viruses and unclassified ECEs that are predicted to replicate within...
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