A new family of uncultivated bacteria involved in methanogenesis from the ubiquitous osmolyte glycine betaine in coastal saltmarsh sediments.

Helen J JonesEileen KröberJason StephensonMichaela A MauszEleanor JamesonAndrew MillardKevin J PurdyYin Chen

Published in: Microbiome (2019)

Our comparative genomes and metagenomics analyses suggest that this bacterium is widely distributed in coastal salt marshes, marine sediments, and deep subsurface sediments, suggesting a key role of anaerobic GBT metabolism by this clostridial bacterium in these ecosystems.

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