A microbial consortium couples anaerobic methane oxidation to denitrification

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A study which shows that the direct, anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification of nitrate is possible is presented. A microbial consortium, enriched from anoxic sediments, oxidized methane to carbon dioxide coupled to denitrification in the complete absence of oxygen and this consortium consisted of two microorganisms, a bacterium representing a phylum without any cultured species and an archaeon distantly related to marine methanotropihic Archaea.

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Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome

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Environmental genomics, the reconstruction of the genomic data directly from the environment is used to assemble the genome of the uncultured anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis from a complex bioreactor community. The genome data illuminate the evolutionary history of the Planctomycetes and allow exposing the genetic blueprint of the organism's special properties.

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