Methylosphaera hansonii gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, group I methanotroph from Antarctic marine salinity, meromictic lakes

• Published in: Microbiology
• Main Authors: Bowman, JP, McCammon, SA, Skerratt, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Soc General Microbiology 1997
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Bacteriology; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Burton; Burton Lake; Pendant Lake; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-4-1451; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9141708; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/9559

Methanotrophic bacteria were enumerated and isolated from the chemocline and surface sediments of marine-salinity Antarctic meromictic lakes located in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica (68S 78E). Most probable number (MPN) analysis indicated that at the chemocline of Ace Lake the methanotroph populati...