The response of methane consumption by pure cultures of methanotrophic bacteria to oxygen

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 925-928

  Ren, Tie ^a   Amaral, John A ^a,b   Knowles, Roger ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

CH4 oxidation; Methylobacter luteus; Methylosinus trichosporium; O2 response

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METHANOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTER LUTEUS; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0031467813     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-133     Document Type: Article

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