UNSPECIFIED. (2006) Diversity of soluble methane monooxygenase-containing methanotrophs isolated from polluted environments. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 255 (2). pp. 225-232. ISSN 0378-1097

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Methanotrophs were enriched and isolated from polluted environments in Canada and Germany. Enrichments in low copper media were designed to specifically encourage growth of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) containing organisms. The 10 isolates were characterized physiologically and genetically with one type I and nine type II methanotrophs being identified. Three key genes: 16S rRNA; pmoA and mmoX, encoding for the particulate and soluble methane monooxygenases respectively, were cloned from the isolates and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences identified strains, which were closely related to Methylococcus capsulatus, Methylocystis sp., Methylosinus sporium and Methylosinus trichosporium. Diversity of sMMO-containing methanotrophs detected in this and previous studies was rather narrow, both genetically and physiologically, suggesting possible constraints on genetic diversity of sMMO due to essential conservation of enzyme function.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Journal or Publication Title:	FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Publisher:	BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
ISSN:	0378-1097
Date:	February 2006
Volume:	255
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	8
Page Range:	pp. 225-232
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00090.x
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33940

Data sourced from Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge

Request changes to a record

Actions (login required)

View Item