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Genomic Markers of Ancient Anaerobic Microbial Pathways: Sulfate Reduction, Methanogenesis, and Methane Oxidation

Andreas Teske^1,*,, Ashita Dhillon² and Mitchell L. Sogin²

¹ Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
² Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: teske{at}email. unc.edu

Genomic markers for anaerobic microbial processes in marine sediments—sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, and anaerobic methane oxidation—reveal the structure of sulfate-reducing, methanogenic, and methane-oxidizing microbial communities (including uncultured members); they allow inferences about the evolution of these ancient microbial pathways; and they open genomic windows into extreme microbial habitats, such as deep subsurface sediments and hydrothermal vents, that are analogs for the early Earth and for extraterrestrial microbiota.

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