Growing in Saltwater: Biotechnological Potential of Novel Methylotuvimicrobium- and Methylomarinum-like Methanotrophic Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Methanotrophic bacteria that possess a unique ability of using methane as a sole source of carbon and energy have attracted considerable attention as potential producers of a single-cell protein. So far, this biotechnology implied using freshwater methanotrophs, although many regions of the world have limited freshwater resources. This study aimed at searching for novel methanotrophs capable of fast growth in saltwater comparable in composition with seawater. A methane-oxidizing microbial consortium containing Methylomarinum- and Methylotuvimicrobium-like methanotrophs was enriched from sediment from the river Chernavka (water pH 7.5, total salt content 30 g L^-1), a tributary river of the hypersaline Lake Elton, southern Russia. This microbial consortium, designate

SUBMITTER: Tikhonova EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature