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Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus” Mx1201, a Methanogenic Archaeon from the Human Gut Belonging to a Seventh Order of Methanogens
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We report the draft genome sequence of “ Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus” Mx1201, a methanogen present in the human gut. It was enriched from human feces under anaerobic conditions with methanol as the substrate. Its circular genome, of around 1.7 Mb, contains genes needed for methylotrophic methanogenesis from methanol and tri-, di-, and monomethylamine.
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“TMA can be used for methanogenesis in the gastrointestinal tract; in human intestine, this pathway is active in bacteria belonging to the genera Methanomassiliicoccus and Methanomethylophilus (18,21,38) as well as in Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae (41).”
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“TMA can be used for methanogenesis in the gastrointestinal tract, and bacteria belonging to the genera Methanomassiliicoccus and Methanomethylophilus have this pathway (18,21,38,41).”
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- Authors
- Borrel, G., Harris, H. M. B., Tottey, W., Mihajlovski, A., Parisot, N., Peyretaillade, E., Peyret, P., Gribaldo, S., O'Toole, P. W., & Brugère, J.-F.
- Affiliations
- Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- University College Cork (IE)
- EA-4678 CIDAM, Conception Ingénierie et Développement de l'Aliment et du Médicament, Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- Department of Microbiology and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Bacteriology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2012-12-15
- Volume
- 194
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 6944-6945
- ISSN
- 0021-9193 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5530
- PMC
- PMC3510639
- OpenAlex
- W2087706124
- Cited by
- 166
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- 17
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- FWCI
- 25.37
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Journal of Bacteriology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- methanogenic archaea, human gut microbiome, methylotrophic methanogenesis, methanol metabolism, methylamine, draft genome sequence, archaeal phylogeny
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Methanol, Anaerobiosis, Archaea, Feces, Humans, Methyltransferases, Molecular Sequence Data, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, RNA, Ribosomal, 23S, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Archaeal, Genome, Archaeal, Gastrointestinal Tract
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