Methanogens

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mcrA

Petroleum hydrocarbons

Methanogenic degradation

Contaminant degrading species

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Methanogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation is an anaerobic microbial process in which methane is generated from the breakdown of hydrocarbons. This pathway plays an important role in the bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated environments. The degradation can occur either through syntrophic interactions between hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and methanogenic archaea or via direct methanogenesis by certain microbial communities.