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Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species

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  • Arjan Pol

    (IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Klaas Heijmans

    (IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Harry R. Harhangi

    (IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Dario Tedesco

    (Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy)

  • Mike S. M. Jetten

    (IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • Huub J. M. Op den Camp

    (IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Passing the acid test Bacteria that consume the greenhouse gas methane are potentially important players in the atmospheric budget, with the potential to sop up methane from the Earth's crust that would otherwise contribute to the atmospheric budget. Two new methane-utilizing bacteria have been isolated independently and both break new ground: unlike previous methanotrophic isolates, which are proteobacteria, they belong to the widely distributed Verrucomicrobia phylum. And both isolates display optimum growth and methane oxidation in remarkably acidic conditions, at pHs as low as 0.8 to 2.5. Acidimethylosilex fumarolicum SolV was isolated from a fuming vent on the Solfatara volcano near Naples, Italy, and Methylokorus infernorum from hot soil in the Hell's Gate (Tikitere) geothermal area of New Zealand.

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  • Arjan Pol & Klaas Heijmans & Harry R. Harhangi & Dario Tedesco & Mike S. M. Jetten & Huub J. M. Op den Camp, 2007. "Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7171), pages 874-878, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:450:y:2007:i:7171:d:10.1038_nature06222
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06222
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    1. Rob A. Schmitz & Stijn H. Peeters & Sepehr S. Mohammadi & Tom Berben & Timo Erven & Carmen A. Iosif & Theo Alen & Wouter Versantvoort & Mike S. M. Jetten & Huub J. M. Op den Camp & Arjan Pol, 2023. "Simultaneous sulfide and methane oxidation by an extremophile," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Jiang, Danping & Ge, Xumeng & Lin, Long & Chen, Zhou & Zhang, Quanguo & Li, Yebo, 2023. "Biological conversion of methane to methanol at high H2S concentrations with an H2S-tolerant methanotrophic consortium," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 475-484.

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