Comparative Genomic Analysis of Members of the Genera Methanosphaera and Methanobrevibacter Reveals Distinct Clades with Specific Potential Metabolic Functions.

ABSTRACT: Methanobrevibacter and Methanosphaera species represent some of the most prevalent methanogenic archaea in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans and play an important role in this environment. The aim of this study was to identify genomic features that are shared or specific for members of each genus with a special emphasis of the analysis on the assimilation of nitrogen and acetate and the utilization of methanol and ethanol for methanogenesis. Here, draft genome sequences of Methanobrevibacter thaueri strain DSM 11995^T, Methanobrevibacter woesei strain DSM 11979^T, and Methanosphaera cuniculi strain 4103^T are reported and compared to those of 16 other Methanobrevibacter and Methanosphaera genomes,

SUBMITTER: Poehlein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120340 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature