Environmental distribution and abundance of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella

Rahman, Md Tanvir, Crombie, Andrew, Chen, Yin, Stralis-Pavese, Nancy, Bodrossy, Levente, Meir, Patrick, McNamara, Niall P. and Murrell, J. Colin (2011) Environmental distribution and abundance of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella. The ISME Journal, 5 (6). pp. 1061-1066. ISSN 1751-7362

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Abstract

Methylocella spp. are facultative methanotrophs, which are able to grow not only on methane but also on multicarbon substrates such as acetate, pyruvate or malate. Methylocella spp. were previously thought to be restricted to acidic soils such as peatlands, in which they may have a key role in methane oxidation. There is little information on the abundance and distribution of Methylocella spp. in the environment. New primers were designed, and a real-time quantitative PCR method was developed and validated targeting Methylocella mmoX (encoding the a-subunit of the soluble methane monooxygenase) that allowed the quantification of Methylocella spp. in environmental samples. We also developed and validated specific PCR assays, which target 16S rRNA genes of known Methylocella spp. These were used to investigate the distribution of Methylocella spp. in a variety of environmental samples. It was revealed that Methylocella species are widely distributed in nature and not restricted to acidic environments.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
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Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2012 16:32
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2023 15:31
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36372
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.190

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