Profiles of dissolved O2 and methane with increasing depth were generated for Lake
Washington sediment, which suggested the zone of methane oxidation is limited to the top …

Worldwide, the use of methane is limited to generating power, electricity, heating, and for
production of chemicals. We believe this valuable gas can be employed more widely. Here …

Some methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) are known to be capable of expressing
nitrogenase and utilizing N2 as a nitrogen source. However, no sequences are available for …

The activity and abundance of methanotrophic bacteria were measured in an acidic and a
neutral forest soil. The soils exhibited high uptake rates (> 30 µg CH4 m− 2 h− 1) of …

A major research goal in microbial ecology is to understand the relationship between gene
organization and function involved in environmental processes of potential interest. Given …

Norway spruce (Picea abies) forests exhibit lower annual atmospheric methane
consumption rates than do European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests. In the current study …

The particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is a complex membrane protein complex
that has been difficult to isolate and purify for biochemical and biophysical characterization …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is a membrane-bound enzyme that catalyzes
the oxidation of methane to methanol in methanotropic bacteria. Understanding how this …

Cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico are often dominated by mussels of the genus
Bathymodiolus that harbour symbiotic bacteria in their gills. In this study, we analysed …

Acquisition of energy is central to life. In addition to the synthesis of ATP, organisms need
energy for the establishment and maintenance of a transmembrane difference in …