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Acetate repression of methane oxidation by supplemental Methylocella silvestris in a peat soil microcosm.

ABSTRACT: Methylocella spp. are facultative methanotrophs that grow on methane and multicarbon substrates, such as acetate. Acetate represses transcription of methane monooxygenase of Methylocella silvestris in laboratory culture. DNA stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP) using (13)C-methane and (12)C-acetate, carried out with Methylocella-spiked peat soil, showed that acetate also repressed methane oxidation by Methylocella in environmental samples.

SUBMITTER: Rahman MT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131658 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Acetate repression of methane oxidation by supplemental Methylocella silvestris in a peat soil microcosm.

Rahman M Tanvir MT Crombie Andrew A Moussard Hélène H Chen Yin Y Murrell J Colin JC

Applied and environmental microbiology 20110422 12

Methylocella spp. are facultative methanotrophs that grow on methane and multicarbon substrates, such as acetate. Acetate represses transcription of methane monooxygenase of Methylocella silvestris in laboratory culture. DNA stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP) using (13)C-methane and (12)C-acetate, carried out with Methylocella-spiked peat soil, showed that acetate also repressed methane oxidation by Methylocella in environmental samples. ...[more]

PMID: 21515721

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