Assignment Task: Microbial Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
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Watch the video Mysteries of the Methanogens and answer the following questions in 1-2 paragraphs:
What are methanogens and what domain does this group of organisms belong to? How do methanogens fit into the carbon cycle? What molecular tool was used to investigate the role of modified amino acids in MCRs? Is the modification of glycine to thioglycine in MCR essential to the production of methane? Why/why not? Use data presented in the video to support your answer.
YouTube Video: Dipti Nayak (UC Berkeley) 2: Mysteries of the Methanogens