Methylosphaera hansonii gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, group I methanotroph from Antarctic marine-salinity, meromictic lakes

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Bowman, John P ^a   McCammon, Sharee A ^a   Skerratt, Jenny H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Meromictic lakes; Methane; Methanotrophic bacteria; Psychrophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; SERINE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOSPHAERA HANSONII; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOSPHAERA HANSONII; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 1842417171     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1451     Document Type: Article

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