Ecology of Methanonatronarchaeia

Methanonatronoarchaeia represents a deep lineage of extremely halo(alkali)philic and moderately thermophilic methyl-reducing methanogens. The main goal of this work was to investigate in more details the ecology of methanonatronoarchaea, i.e. to understand more of its ecological niche and the possible interaction (competition/syntrophy) with other extremely halo(alkali)philic methanogens and anaerobic bacteria inhabiting sediments of hypersaline lakes.