An obligate methylotrophic, methane-oxidizing Methylomicrobium species from a highly alkaline environment

Extremophiles

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-155

  Sorokin, Dimitry Yu ^a   Jones, Brian E ^b   Kuenen, J Gijs ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Genencor International   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaliphiles; Ammonia oxidation; Methane oxidizing bacteria; Methanotroph; Soda lakes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

AMMONIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SULFUR;

EID: 0034203080     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920070029     Document Type: Article

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