Molecular detection and isolation from Antarctica of methylotrophic bacteria able to grow with methylated sulfur compounds

• Published in: Systematic and Applied Microbiology
• Main Authors: Moosvi, S. Azra, McDonald, Ian R., Pearce, David A., Kelly, Donovan P., Wood, Ann P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Antarctic; Island Lakes; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1893/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.002

This study is the first demonstration that a diverse facultatively methylotrophic microbiota exists in some Antarctic locations. PCR amplification of genes diagnostic for methylotrophs was carried out with bacterial DNA isolated from 14 soil and sediment samples from ten locations on Signy Island, S...