Genomic and enzymatic evidence for acetogenesis among multiple lineages of the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota widespread in marine sediments

With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,and China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association,the research team led by Prof.Wang Fengping(王风平)from Shanghai JiaoTong University,in cooperation with Prof.Li Meng from ShenZhen University,and Prof.Stefan M.Sievert from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,revealed the metabolic function of largely unknown sedi-