Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine- pathway methanotrophs

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 955-969

  Dedysh, Svetlana N ^a,d   Liesack, Werner ^b   Khmelenina, Valentina N ^a   Suzina, Natalia E ^a   Trotsenko, Yuri A ^a   Semrau, Jeremy D ^c   Bares, Amy M ^c   Panikov, Nicolai S ^a   Tiedje, James M ^d  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophilic methane oxidizing bacteria; Methylocella palustrisgen nov., sp. nov.; Serine pathway methanotrophs

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SERINE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEIJERINCKIA INDICA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHYLOCELLA; METHYLOCELLA PALUSTRIS; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOSINUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0034075034     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-955     Document Type: Article

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