Retraction of the Research Article: “A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism”

Yinzhao Wang; Gunter Wegener; Tom A. Williams; Ruize Xie; Jialin Hou; Fengping Wang; Xiang Xiao

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abh1051

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Retraction of the Research Article: “A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism”

Yinzhao Wang¹,^*,
Gunter Wegener²,³,
Tom A. Williams⁴,
Ruize Xie⁵,
Jialin Hou¹,
Fengping Wang¹,⁵,⁶ and
Xiang Xiao¹,⁷,^*

¹State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
²Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
³MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TH Bristol, UK.
⁵School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
⁶Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
⁷State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: wyz{at}sjtu.edu.cn (Y.W.); zjxiao2018{at}sjtu.edu.cn (X.X.)

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Science Advances 17 Feb 2021:
Vol. 7, no. 8, eabh1051
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh1051

Yinzhao Wang

1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

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Gunter Wegener

2Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany.

3MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.

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Tom A. Williams

4School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TH Bristol, UK.

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Ruize Xie

5School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

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Jialin Hou

1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

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Fengping Wang

1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

5School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

6Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.

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Xiang Xiao

1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

7State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

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In our Research Article, “A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism” (1), we unintentionally included some embargoed data in our analyses. These data had been deposited in the open-access NCBI SRA database without propagation of the embargo from the original database. We deeply regret our oversight and to protect the interests of the generators of these data, we have requested retraction of the paper.

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1. Y. Wang,
2. G. Wegener,
3. T. A. Williams,
4. R. Xie,
5. J. Hou,
6. F. Wang,
7. X. Xiao
, A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism. Sci. Adv. 7, eabd7180 (2021). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd7180pmid:33568477
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[1] ↵
Y. Wang,
G. Wegener,
T. A. Williams,
R. Xie,
J. Hou,
F. Wang,
X. Xiao
, A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism. Sci. Adv. 7, eabd7180 (2021). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd7180pmid:33568477
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[2] Y. Wang,

[3] G. Wegener,

[4] T. A. Williams,

[5] R. Xie,

[6] J. Hou,

[7] F. Wang,

[8] X. Xiao

Retraction of the Research Article: “A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multicarbon alkane metabolism”

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