@article{2521, keywords = {methane, nitrate, archaeon, Article, Candidatus Bathyarchaeota, controlled study, gene identification, gene sequence, genetic code, metagenomics, methanogenesis, nonhuman, phylum, species comparison, species identification}, author = {R.L. Harris and M.C.Y. Lau and A. Cadar and D.H. Bartlett and E. Cason and E. van Heerden and T.C. Onstott}, title = {Draft genome sequence of {\textquotedblleft}Candidatus Bathyarchaeota{\textquotedblright} archaeon BE326-BA-RLH, an uncultured denitrifier and putative anaerobic methanotroph from South Africa{\textquoteright}s deep continental biosphere}, abstract = {Metagenomic sequencing of fracture fluid from South Africa recovered a nearly complete {\textquotedblleft}Candidatus Bathyarchaeota{\textquotedblright} archaeon genome. The metagenome-assembled genome of BE326-BA-RLH contains genes involved in methane metabolism and dissimilatory nitrate reduction. This study presents the first genomic evidence for potential anaerobic methane oxidation in the phylum {\textquotedblleft}Ca. Bathyarchaeota.{\textquotedblright} {\textcopyright} 2018 Harris et al.}, year = {2018}, journal = {Microbiology Resource Announcements}, volume = {7}, number = {20}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057111405\&doi=10.1128\%2fMRA.01295-18\&partnerID=40\&md5=58aa4d5d89fb7e53e9d8626b45778b8e}, doi = {10.1128/MRA.01295-18}, }