Investigation of microbial community interactions between Lake Washington methanotrophs using -------genome-scale metabolic modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of methane in global warming has become paramount to the environment and the human society, especially in the past few decades. Methane cycling microbial communities play an important role in the global methane cycle, which is why the characterization of these communities is critical to understand and manipulate their behavior. Methanotrophs are a major player in these communities and are able to oxidize methane as their primary carbon source.

Results

Lake Washington is a freshwater lake characterized by a methane-oxygen countergradient that contains a methane cycling microbial community. Methanotrophs are a major part of this community involved in assimilating methane from lake water. Two significant methanotrophic species in this community are Methyl

SUBMITTER: Islam MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333651 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature