Methanotrophy below pH 1 by a new Verrucomicrobia species

Arjan Pol, Klaas Heijmans, Harry R. Harhangi, Dario Tedesco, Mike S. M. Jetten () and Huub J. M. Op den Camp ()
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Arjan Pol: IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Klaas Heijmans: IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Harry R. Harhangi: IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Dario Tedesco: Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
Mike S. M. Jetten: IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Huub J. M. Op den Camp: IWWR, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Nature, 2007, vol. 450, issue 7171, 874-878

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.

Date: 2007
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