@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-9-2377, author = "Thauer, Rudolf K.", title = "Biochemistry of methanogenesis: a tribute to Marjory Stephenson:1998 Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1998", volume = "144", number = "9", pages = "2377-2406", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-144-9-2377", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-9-2377", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "coenzyme M", keywords = "coenzyme B", keywords = "methanogenesis and methanogenic archaea", keywords = "methyl-coenzyme M reductase and its crystal structure", keywords = "coenzyme F430", abstract = "Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße, D-35043 Marburg, and Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße, D-35032 Marburg, Germany In 1933, Stephenson & Stickland (1933a) published that they had isolated from river mud, by the single cell technique, a methanogenic organism capable of growth in an inorganic medium with formate as the sole carbon source.", }