Novel facultative Methylocella strains are active methane consumers at terrestrial natural gas seeps

Farhan Ul Haque, Muhammad, Crombie, Andrew T. and Murrell, J. Colin (2019) Novel facultative Methylocella strains are active methane consumers at terrestrial natural gas seeps. Microbiome, 7. ISSN 2049-2618

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Abstract

Natural gas seeps contribute to global climate change by releasing substantial amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane and other climate-active gases including ethane and propane to the atmosphere. However, methanotrophs, bacteria capable of utilising methane as the sole source of carbon and energy, play a significant role in reducing the emissions of methane from many environments. Methylocella-like facultative methanotrophs are a unique group of bacteria that grow on other components of natural gas (i.e. ethane and propane) in addition to methane but a little is known about the distribution and activity of Methylocella in the environment. The purposes of this study were to identify bacteria involved in cycling methane emitted from natural gas seeps and, most importantly, to investigate if Methylocella-like facultative methanotrophs were active utilisers of natural gas at seep sites.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
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 Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Related URLs:	https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral....
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2019 10:30
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 00:11
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72689
DOI:	10.1186/s40168-019-0741-3

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