Open AccessSterols in a psychrophilic methanotroph, Methylosphaera hansonii
Author(s) -
Schouten Stefan,
Bowman John P.,
Rijpstra W.Irene C.,
Sinninghe Damsté Jaap S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09103.x
Subject(s) - psychrophile , methanotroph , bacteria , sterol , biology , lanosterol , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , cholesterol , genetics , anaerobic oxidation of methane , catalysis
A suite of six sterols, lanosterol, lanost‐8(9)‐en‐3β‐ol, 4,4‐dimethylcholesta‐8(14),24‐dien‐3β‐ol, 4,4‐dimethylcholest‐8(14)‐en‐3β‐ol, 4‐methylcholesta‐8(14),24‐dien‐3β‐ol and 4‐methylcholest‐8(14)‐en‐3β‐ol, were identified in the psychrophilic methanotrophic bacterium, Methylosphaera hansonii . Their presence suggests that the capacity for sterol biosynthesis in methanotrophic bacteria is limited to the family Methylococcaceae but which have widely different optimal growth temperatures.