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Methanogens are prokaryotic microorganisms that produce methane as an end-product of a complex biochemical pathway. They are strictly anaerobic archaea and occupy a wide variety of anoxic environments. Methanogens also thrive in the cytoplasm of anaerobic unicellular eukaryotes and in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans. The symbiotic methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of ruminants and other methanogenic mammals contribute significantly to the global methane budget. §This monograph deals with methanogenic endosymbionts of anaerobic protists, in particular ciliates and termite flagellates, and with methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of vertebrates and arthropods. Further reviews discuss the genomic consequences of living together in symbiotic associations, the role of methanogens in syntrophic degradation, and the function and evolution of hydrogenosomes, hydrogen-producing organelles of certain anaerobic protists.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea
• Author: Johannes H.P. Hackstein
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 238
• EAN: 9783642136146
• ISBN: 3642136141
• ID: 01656019
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 593 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. September 2010

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