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methanotroph

any ORGANISM that can use methane as sole source of CARBON and ENERGY.

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Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers have found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion in methanotrophic bacteria catalyzes the reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion.

Future Fuel: Methane-Consuming Bacteria

[USA], May 10 (ANI): Researchers have finally unveiled the mechanism behind the conversion of methane into readily usable methanol in methanotrophic bacteria.

Future of fuel may lie in methane-consuming bacteria

However, methanotrophic bacteria may also contribute a large proportion (up to 45%) of the carbon to zooplankton (Sanseverino et al., 2012).

Estructura trofica de un ensamblaje de peces en la cuenca alto-Amazonica, Bolivia

Strous, "Enrichment and molecular detection of denitrifying methanotrophic bacteria of the NC10 phylum," Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol.

The Occurrence of Putative Nitric Oxide Dismutase (Nod) in an Alpine Wetland with a New Dominant Subcluster and the Potential Ability for a Methane Sink

Jeon, "Methane emission and dynamics of methanotrophic and methanogenic communities in a flooded rice field ecosystem," FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol.

Bacterial Community of the Rice Floodwater Using Cultivation-Independent Approaches

These data suggest that methanotrophic oxidizing bacteria (MOB) seem to be the main responsible for consumption C[H.sub.4] in cave air.

Geochemical Fingerprinting of Rising Deep Endogenous Gases in an Active Hypogenic Karst System

The methane (C[H.sub.4]) released from the seafloor does not reach the atmosphere, because it is oxidised to C[O.sub.2]+[H.sub.2]O by methanotrophic bacteria in the water masses [9], and the methane production of bivalves has always been part of the well-known biogeochemical cycle of methane.

Fake News Mussel Farming A "New Climate Bomb"

Larger organisms, such as a cave-adapted shrimp species, feed off these methanotrophic microbes.

The 'Cryptic' Methane-Fed Underwater World In Yucatan

2011) will likely further reduce the global methanotrophic C[H.sub.4] sink, and increase C[H.sub.4] and [N.sub.2]O emissions.

BIOCHAR AS A TOOL TO REDUCE THE AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE-GAS BURDEN--KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS

An additional proteomic analysis of the deep-sea mussel gill reveals nutritional and energetic dependency of the mussel on its methanotrophic symbionts.

Research jointly led by HKBU and HKUST decoding the first deep-sea mussel genome published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ojala, "Methanotrophic activity in relation to methane efflux and total heterotrophic bacterial production in a stratified, humic, boreal lake," Limnology and Oceanography, vol.

Understanding the Spatial Heterogeneity of C[O.sub.2] and C[H.sub.4] Fluxes from an Urban Shallow Lake: Correlations with Environmental Factors