Archaea and the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition

JR Brown, WF Doolittle - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Since the late 1970s, determining the phylogenetic relationships among the contemporary
domains of life, the Archaea (archaebacteria), Bacteria (eubacteria), and Eucarya …

The unique biochemistry of methanogenesis

U Deppenmeier - 2002 - Elsevier
Methanogenic archaea have an unusual type of metabolism because they use H 2+ CO 2,
formate, methylated C 1 compounds, or acetate as energy and carbon sources for growth …

Autotrophic growth of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing micro-organisms in a fluidized bed reactor

AA Van de Graaf, P de Bruijn, LA Robertson… - …, 1996 - microbiologyresearch.org
An autotrophic, synthetic medium for the enrichment of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing
(Anammox) micro-organisms was developed. This medium contained ammonium and nitrite …

Comparative analysis of methane-oxidizing archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria in anoxic marine sediments

VJ Orphan, KU Hinrichs, W Ussler III… - Applied and …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The oxidation of methane in anoxic marine sediments is thought to be mediated by a
consortium of methane-consuming archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria. In this study, we …

Intact polar membrane lipids in prokaryotes and sediments deciphered by high‐performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization multistage mass …

HF Sturt, RE Summons, K Smith… - … in mass spectrometry, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Lipids from prokaryotic cell membranes can serve as sources of information on the
biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of natural ecosystems. Traditionally, apolar …

Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

M Blumenberg, R Seifert, J Reitner… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is one of the major sinks of this substantial
greenhouse gas in marine environments. Recent investigations have shown that diverse …

Molecular and isotopic analysis of anaerobic methane-oxidizing communities in marine sediments

KU Hinrichs, RE Summons, V Orphan, SP Sylva… - Organic …, 2000 - Elsevier
Convergent lines of molecular, carbon-isotopic, and phylogenetic evidence have previously
indicated (Hinrichs, K.-U., Hayes, JM, Sylva, SP, Brewer, PG, DeLong, EF, 1999. Methane …

Emission of climate-relevant trace gases and succession of microbial communities during open-windrow composting

B Hellmann, L Zelles, A Palojarvi… - Applied and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Determination of different indicators of microbial biomass, community structure, and
bioactivity by the fumigation extraction method, as well as determination of phospholipid fatty …

Symbiosis between methanogenic archaea and δ-proteobacteria as the origin of eukaryotes: the syntrophic hypothesis

D Moreira, P López-García - Journal of molecular evolution, 1998 - Springer
We present a novel hypothesis for the origin of the eukaryotic cell, or eukaryogenesis, based
on a metabolic symbiosis (syntrophy) between a methanogenic archaeon (methanobacterial …

Classification and identification of bacteria: current approaches to an old problem. Overview of methods used in bacterial systematics

HJ Busse, EBM Denner, W Lubitz - Journal of biotechnology, 1996 - Elsevier
Most of the bacterial species are still unknown. Consequently, our knowledge about
bacterial ecology is poor and expectations about specialized species with novel enzymatic …