Diversity of methanotrophs in Zoige wetland soils under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions

J Yun, A Ma, Y Li, G Zhuang, Y Wang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Zoige wetland is one of the most important methane emission centers in China. The
oxidation of methane in the wetland affects global warming, soil ecology and atmospheric …

Development and validation of promoter-probe vectors for the study of methane monooxygenase gene expression in Methylococcus capsulatus Bath

H Ali, JC Murrell - Microbiology, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
A series of integrative and versatile broad-host-range promoter-probe vectors carrying
reporter genes encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP), catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase (XylE) …

Structure, function and formation of bacterial intracytoplasmic membranes

RA Niederman - Complex intracellular structures in prokaryotes, 2006 - Springer
A variety of prokaryotes increase their membrane surface area for energy transduction
processesby developing an intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM), in the form of tubules …

Use of amoB as a new molecular marker for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

L Calvó, LJ Garcia-Gil - Journal of microbiological methods, 2004 - Elsevier
Specific molecular determination and classification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria have
relied on the use of conventional markers such as 16S rDNA. However, this gene does not …

Molecular analysis of deep-sea hydrothermal vent aerobic methanotrophs by targeting genes of 16S rRNA and particulate methane monooxygenase

HE Elsaied, T Hayashi, T Naganuma - Marine biotechnology, 2004 - Springer
Molecular diversity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent aerobic methanotrophs was studied
using both 16S ribosomalDNA and pmoA encoding the subunit A of particulate methane …

Methanotrophic contribution to biodegradation of phenoxy acids in cultures enriched from a groundwater-fed rapid sand filter

A Papadopoulou, MJ Hedegaard, A Dechesne… - Applied microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
Drinking water supply is in many parts of the world based on groundwater. Groundwater
often contains methane, which can be oxidized by methanotrophs upon aeration. Sand from …

Duplication of the mmoX gene in Methylosinus sporium: cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis

H Ali, J Scanlan, MG Dumont, JC Murrell - Microbiology, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
The soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) is a key enzyme for methane oxidation, and
is found in only some methanotrophs, including Methylosinus sporium 5. sMMO expression …

Involvement of MmoR and MmoG in the transcriptional activation of soluble methane monooxygenase genes in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

J Scanlan, MG Dumont, JC Murrell - FEMS microbiology letters, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Methanotrophs oxidize methane to methanol using the enzyme methane monooxygenase.
Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b has two such enzymes: a membrane-bound particulate …

The biochemistry of methane monooxygenases

SI Chan, SJ Lee - Methanotrophs: Microbiology Fundamentals and …, 2019 - Springer
Selective methane (CH 4) oxidation is extremely difficult chemistry. Methane
monooxygenases (MMOs) facilitate the biological conversion of CH 4 into methanol in …

Duplicate Copies of Genes Encoding Methanesulfonate Monooxygenase in Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha Strain TR3 and Detection of Methanesulfonate …

NJ Baxter, J Scanlan, P De Marco… - Applied and …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha strain TR3 is a marine methylotroph that uses
methanesulfonic acid (MSA) as a sole carbon and energy source. The genes from M …