Open AccessMolecular Ecology Techniques for the Study of Aerobic Methanotrophs
Author(s) -
Ian R. McDonald,
Levente Bodrossy,
Yin Chen,
J. Colin Murrell
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02233-07
Subject(s) - ecology , molecular ecology , biology , medicine , environmental health , population
Methane oxidation can occur in both aerobic and anaerobic environments; however, these are completely different processes involving different groups of prokaryotes. Aerobic methane oxidation is carried out by aerobic methanotrophs, and anaerobic methane oxidizers, discovered recently, thrive under anaerobic conditions and use sulfate or nitrate as electron donors for methane oxidation. This review will focus on the aerobic oxidation of methane