Methanogenesis from methanol at low temperatures by a novel psychrophilic methanogen, "Methanolobus psychrophilus" sp. nov., prevalent in Zoige wetland of the Tibetan plateau

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6114-6120

  Zhang, Guishan ^a,b   Jiang, Na ^b   Liu, Xiaoli ^a   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST ENRICHMENT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METHANE; METHANOGENS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

16S RRNA; ADAPTIVE; ARCHAEA; EFFICIENT; HIGH AFFINITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOL CONVERSIONS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TRIMETHYLAMINE; WETLAND SOILS;

METHANOL;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANE; METHANOL; TRIMETHYLAMINE; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; HYDROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOL; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOLOBUS PSYCHROPHILUS; METHANOLOBUS TAYLORII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

METHANOLOBUS; METHANOLOBUS TAYLORII;

COLD; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METHANE; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET; WETLANDS;

EID: 54449098595     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01146-08     Document Type: Article

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