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Molecular diversity of methanotrophs in Transbaikal soda lake sediments and identification of potentially active populations by stable isotope probing

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UNSPECIFIED (2004) Molecular diversity of methanotrophs in Transbaikal soda lake sediments and identification of potentially active populations by stable isotope probing. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 6 (10). pp. 1049-1060. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00635.x

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Abstract

Soda lakes are an environment with an unusually high pH and often high salinity. To identify the active methanotrophs in the Soda lake sediments, sediment slurries were incubated with a 10% (v/v) (CH4)-C-13 headspace and the C-13-labelled DNA was subsequently extracted from these sediments following CsCl density gradient centrifugation. This DNA was then used as a template for PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes and genes encoding PmoA and MmoX of methane monooxygenase, key enzymes in the methane oxidation pathway. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA genes, PmoA and MmoX identified that strains of Methylomicrobium, Methylobacter, Methylomonas and 'Methylothermus' had assimilated the (CH4)-C-13. Phylogenetic analysis of PmoA sequences amplified from DNA extracted from Soda lake sediments before Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) treatment showed that a much wider diversity of both type I and type II methanotroph sequences are present in this alkaline environment. The majority of methanotroph sequences detected in the C-13-DNA studies were from type I methanotrophs, with 50% of 16S rRNA clones and 100% of pmoA clones from both Lake Suduntuiskii Torom and Lake Gorbunka suggesting that the type I methanotrophs are probably responsible for the majority of methane oxidation in this environment.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
Journal or Publication Title: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
ISSN: 1462-2912
Official Date: October 2004
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October 2004UNSPECIFIED
Volume: 6
Number: 10
Number of Pages: 12
Page Range: pp. 1049-1060
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00635.x
Publication Status: Published

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