Comparison of communities of both methane-producing and metabolizing archaea and bacteria in sediments between the northern South China Sea and coastal Mai Po Nature Reserve revealed by PCR amplification of mcrA and pmoA genes [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 Communities of methanogens, anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea and aerobic methantrophic bacteria were compared by profiling mcrA and pmoA genes encoded by methyl-coenzyme M reductase alpha subunit and particulate methane monooxygenase alpha subunit,
Zhichao eZhou +3 more
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Novel Methanotrophs of the Family Methylococcaceae from Different Geographical Regions and Habitats [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2015 Terrestrial methane seeps and rice paddy fields are important ecosystems in the methane cycle. Methanotrophic bacteria in these ecosystems play a key role in reducing methane emission into the atmosphere.
Tajul Islam +7 more
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Methane cycling microorganisms drive seasonal variation of methane emission in mangrove ecosystems [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeCoastal mangroves are one of the significant hotspots of natural methane (CH4) emissions, yet the seasonal dynamics of these emissions and the underlying microbial drivers remain poorly understood.
Cui-Jing Zhang +6 more
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Spatiotemporal variations and environmental drivers of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidizers in Eriocheir sinensis pond sediments [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyDenitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO), as a coupled carbon-nitrogen cycling process, facilitates methane oxidation while enabling inorganic nitrogen removal.
Hongfei Zhang +13 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 The oxidation of atmospheric CH4 in upland soils is mostly mediated by uncultivated groups of microorganisms that have been identified solely by molecular markers, such as the sequence of the pmoA gene encoding the β-subunit of the particulate methane ...
Amanda eBarbosa Lima +2 more
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Methanotrophic activity and diversity of methanotrophs in volcanic geothermal soils at Pantelleria (Italy) [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2014 Volcanic and geothermal systems emit endogenous gases by widespread degassing from soils, including CH4, a greenhouse gas twenty-five times as potent as CO2.
A. L. Gagliano +4 more
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The particulate methane monooxygenase gene pmoA and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2006 The particulate methane monooxygenase gene pmoA, encoding the 27 kDa polypeptide of the membrane-bound particulate methane monooxygenase, was amplified by PCR from DNA isolated from a blanket peat bog and from enrichment cultures established, from the same environment, using methane as sole carbon and energy source.
I R, McDonald, J C, Murrell
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Isolation of a Methylocystis strain containing a novel pmoA-like gene [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2002 Abstract A type II methanotrophic bacterium (Methylocystis strain SC2) was isolated from a polluted aquifer and identified based on morphology and on 16S rRNA gene phylogeny. Primers targeting the particulate methane monooxygenase subunit A gene (pmoA) were used to obtain a PCR product from DNA extract of strain SC2.
Dunfield, P. F. +5 more
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Evaluation and update of cutoff values for methanotrophic pmoA gene sequences [PDF]
Archives of Microbiology, 2016 The functional pmoA gene is frequently used to probe the diversity and phylogeny of methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in various environments. Here, we compared the similarities between the pmoA gene and the corresponding 16S rRNA gene sequences of 77 described species covering gamma- and alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs (type I and type II MOB ...
Wen, X., Yang, S., Liebner, S.
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Molecular Fingerprint and Dominant Environmental Factors of Nitrite-Dependent Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Sediments from the Yellow River Estuary, China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) is performed by "Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera" (M. oxyfera), which connects the carbon and nitrogen global nutrient cycles. In the present study, M.
Pengze Yan +4 more
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