1. The genome of M. acetivorans reveals extensive metabolic and physiological diversity
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Galagan, James E., Naylor, Jerome; Stange-Thomann, Nicole; DeArellano, Kurt; Johnson, Robin; Linton, Lauren;, Barber, Robert D.; Cann, Isaac; Graham, David E.; Grahame, David A.; Guss, Adam M.; Hedderich, Reiner; Ingram-Smith, Cheryl; Kuettner, H. Craig; Krzycki, Joseph A.; Leigh, John A.; Weixi Li, Liu, Jinfeng; Mukhopadhyay, Biswarup; Reeve, John N.; Smith, Kerry; Springer, Timothy A.; Umayam, Lowell A.; White, Owen; White, Robert H.; Macario, Everly Conway de; Ferry, James G., Jarrell, Ken F.; Jing, Hua; Macario, Alberto J.L.; Paulsen, Ian; Pritchett, Matthew; Sowers, Kevin R.; Swanson, Ronald V.; Zinder, Steven H.; Lander, Eric; Metcalf, William W.; Birren, Bruce, Allen, Nicole, Brown, Adam, Atnoor, Deven, Smirnov, Serge, Engels, Reinhard, Calvo, Sarah, FitzHugh, Will, Macdonald, Pendexter, Endrizzi, Matthew G., Roy, Alice, Nusbaum, Chad, McEwan, Paul, Zimmer, Andrew, Ye, Wenjuan, Tirrell, Andrea, Talamas, Jessica, and McKernan, Kevin
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Methanobacteriaceae -- Research ,Archaeabacteria -- Research ,Nucleotide sequence -- Research ,Genomes -- Research ,Genetic research ,Health - Abstract
The complete genome sequence of an acetate-utilizing methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A is presented. The availability of genetic methods, coupled with its physiological and metabolic diversity, makes M. acetivorans a powerful model organism for the study of archaeal biology.
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- 2002