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Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia

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  • Peter F. Dunfield

    (GNS Science, Extremophile Research Group, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand
    Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.)

  • Anton Yuryev

    (Ariadne Genomics, Inc., 9430 Key West Avenue no. 113, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA)

  • Pavel Senin

    (University of Hawaii, Snyder Hall no. 207, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, Keller Hall 319, 2565 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Angela V. Smirnova

    (GNS Science, Extremophile Research Group, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand)

  • Matthew B. Stott

    (GNS Science, Extremophile Research Group, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand)

  • Shaobin Hou

    (University of Hawaii, Snyder Hall no. 207, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, Keller Hall 319, 2565 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Binh Ly

    (University of Hawaii, Snyder Hall no. 207, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, Keller Hall 319, 2565 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Jimmy H. Saw

    (University of Hawaii, Snyder Hall no. 207, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Zhemin Zhou

    (TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 HongDa Street, Tianjin 300457, China)

  • Yan Ren

    (TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 HongDa Street, Tianjin 300457, China)

  • Jianmei Wang

    (TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 HongDa Street, Tianjin 300457, China)

  • Bruce W. Mountain

    (GNS Science, Extremophile Research Group, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand)

  • Michelle A. Crowe

    (GNS Science, Extremophile Research Group, Private Bag 2000, Taupo, New Zealand)

  • Tina M. Weatherby

    (Biological Electron Microscopy Facility, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Snyder Hall no. 118, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Paul L. E. Bodelier

    (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Limnology, Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands)

  • Werner Liesack

    (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany)

  • Lu Feng

    (TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 HongDa Street, Tianjin 300457, China)

  • Lei Wang

    (TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 HongDa Street, Tianjin 300457, China)

  • Maqsudul Alam

    (University of Hawaii, Snyder Hall no. 207, 2538 The Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, Keller Hall 319, 2565 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

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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  • Peter F. Dunfield & Anton Yuryev & Pavel Senin & Angela V. Smirnova & Matthew B. Stott & Shaobin Hou & Binh Ly & Jimmy H. Saw & Zhemin Zhou & Yan Ren & Jianmei Wang & Bruce W. Mountain & Michelle A. C, 2007. "Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7171), pages 879-882, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:450:y:2007:i:7171:d:10.1038_nature06411
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06411
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