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Methanotrophs (sometimes
called methanophiles) are
prokaryotes that
metabolize methane as
their source of
carbon and
chemical energy. They are bacteria...
- non-pigmented, non-motile, rod-shaped and methane-oxidizing
facultative methanotroph. As an
aerobic methanotrophic bacteria,
Methylocella spp use methane...
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chlorine radicals (0-5% of the
total sink). The rest is
consumed by
methanotrophs and
other methane-oxidizing
bacteria and
archaea in
soils (~5%). Chemical...
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sinks for
atmospheric methane because soils are
optimally moist for
methanotroph activity, and the
movement of
gases between soil and
atmosphere (soil...
- hansonii, also
called Antarctic budding methanotroph AM6, is a
species of psychrophilic,
group I
methanotrophs,
named after microbiologist Richard S. Hanson...
- methane,
called methanotrophs. They
comprise the type I
methanotrophs, in
contrast to the
Methylocystaceae or type II
methanotrophs. They
belong to Gammaproteobacteria...
- very ancient.
Chemosynthesis Lithotroph Methanogen (feeds on hydrogen)
Methanotroph RISE
project –
expedition that
discovered high-temperature vent communities...
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These other organisms that
utilize methane for
energy are
known as
methanotrophs ('methane-eating'), and are the main
reason why
little methane generated...
- methane. Such
bacteria are
called methanotrophs, and in
particular the
Methylocystaceae comprise the type II
methanotrophs,
which are
structurally and biochemically...
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similar kinetic turnover rates to
methane monooxygenase (MMO)
found in
methanotrophs,
indicating that MMO is a
similar catalyst to AMO for the
purpose of...
