Metagenome-Assembled Genome of a Putative Methanogenic Methanosarcina sp. Strain Enriched from Terrestrial High-CO2 Subsurface Sediments

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Dec 15;11(12):e0103922. doi: 10.1128/mra.01039-22. Epub 2022 Nov 2.

Abstract

A metagenome-assembled genome (MAG), named Methanosarcina sp. strain ERenArc_MAG2, was obtained from a 3-month-old H2/CO2 atmosphere enrichment culture, originally inoculated with 60-m deep drill core sediment collected from the tectonic Eger Rift terrestrial subsurface. Annotation of the recovered draft genome revealed putative archaeal methanogenesis genes in the deep biosphere.