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Singh AK, Nakhate SP, Gupta RK, Chavan AR, Poddar BJ, Prakash O, Shouche YS, Purohit HJ, Khardenavis AA. Mining the landfill soil metagenome for denitrifying methanotrophic taxa and validation of methane oxidation in microcosm. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114199. [PMID: 36058281 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the present study, the microbial community residing at different depths of the landfill was characterized to assess their roles in serving as a methane sink. Physico-chemical characterization revealed the characteristic signatures of anaerobic degradation of organic matter in the bottom soil (50-60 cm) and, active process of aerobic denitrification in the top soil (0-10 cm). This was also reflected from the higher abundance of bacterial domain in the top soil metagenome represented by dominant phyla Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria which are prime decomposers of organic matter in landfill soils. The multiple fold higher relative abundances of the two most abundant genera; Streptomyces and Intrasporangium in the top soil depicted greater denitrifying taxa in top soil than the bottom soil. Amongst the aerobic methanotrophs, the genera Methylomonas, Methylococcus, Methylocella, and Methylacidiphilum were abundantly found in the top soil metagenome that were essential for oxidizing methane generated in the landfill. On the other hand, the dominance of archaeal domain represented by Methanosarcina and Methanoculleus in the bottom soil highlighted the complete anaerobic digestion of organic components via acetoclasty, carboxydotrophy, hydrogenotrophy, methylotrophy. Functional characterization revealed a higher abundance of methane monooxygenase gene in the top soil and methyl coenzyme M reductase gene in the bottom soil that correlated with the higher relative abundance of aerobic methanotrophs in the top soil while methane generation being the active process in the highly anaerobic bottom soil in the landfill. The activity dependent abundance of endogenous microbial communities in the different zones of the landfill was further validated by microcosm studies in serum bottles which established the ability of the methanotrophic community for methane metabolism in the top soil and their potential to serve as sink for methane. The study provides a better understanding about the methanotrophs in correlation with their endogenous environment, so that these bacteria can be used in resolving the environmental issues related to methane and nitrogen management at landfill site.
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- Ashish Kumar Singh
- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Chetri JK, Reddy KR, Green SJ. Use of methanotrophically activated biochar in novel biogeochemical cover system for carbon sequestration: Microbial characterization. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 821:153429. [PMID: 35101512 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biochar-amended soils have been explored to enhance microbial methane (CH4) oxidation in landfill cover systems. Recently, research priorities have expanded to include the mitigation of other components of landfill gas such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) along with CH4. In this study, column tests were performed to simulate the newly proposed biogeochemical cover systems, which incorporate biochar-amended soil for CH4 oxidation and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag for CO2 and H2S mitigation, to evaluate the effect of cover configuration on microbial CH4 oxidation and community composition. Biogeochemical covers included a biochar-amended soil (10% w/w), and methanotroph-enriched activated biochar amended soil (5% or 10% w/w) as a biocover layer or CH4 oxidation layer. The primary outcome measures of interest were CH4 oxidation rates and the structure and abundance of methane-oxidation bacteria in the covers. All column reactors were active in CH4 oxidation, but columns containing activated biochar-amended soils had higher CH4 oxidation rates (133 to 143 μg CH4 g-1 day-1) than those containing non-activated biochar-amended soil (50 μg CH4 g-1 day-1) and no-biochar soil or control soil (43 μg CH4 g-1 day-1). All treatments showed significant increases in the relative abundance of methanotrophs from an average relative abundance of 5.6% before incubation to a maximum of 45% following incubation. In activated biochar, the abundance of Type II methanotrophs, primarily Methylocystis and Methylosinus, was greater than that of Type I methanotrophs (Methylobacter) due to which activated biochar-amended soils also showed higher abundance of Type II methanotrophs. Overall, biogeochemical cover profiles showed promising potential for CH4 oxidation without any adverse effect on microbial community composition and methane oxidation. Biochar activation led to an alteration of the dominant methanotrophic communities and increased CH4 oxidation.
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- Jyoti K Chetri
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
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- Genomics and Microbiome Core Facility, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Jelke Building, Room 444, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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do Carmo Linhares D, Saia FT, Duarte RTD, Nakayama CR, de Melo IS, Pellizari VH. Methanotrophic Community Detected by DNA-SIP at Bertioga's Mangrove Area, Southeast Brazil. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2021; 81:954-964. [PMID: 33392629 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01659-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Methanotrophic bacteria can use methane as sole carbon and energy source. Its importance in the environment is related to the mitigation of methane emissions from soil and water to the atmosphere. Brazilian mangroves are highly productive, have potential to methane production, and it is inferred that methanotrophic community is of great importance for this ecosystem. The scope of this study was to investigate the functional and taxonomic diversity of methanotrophic bacteria present in the anthropogenic impacted sediments from Bertioga´s mangrove (SP, Brazil). Sediment sample was cultivated with methane and the microbiota actively involved in methane oxidation was identified by DNA-based stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) using methane as a labeled substrate. After 4 days (96 h) of incubation and consumption of 0.7 mmol of methane, the most active microorganisms were related to methanotrophs Methylomonas and Methylobacter as well as to methylotrophic Methylotenera, indicating a possible association of these bacterial groups within a methane-derived food chain in the Bertioga mangrove. The abundance of genera Methylomonas, able to couple methane oxidation to nitrate reduction, may indicate that under low dissolved oxygen tensions, some aerobic methanotrophs could shift to intraerobic methane oxidation to avoid oxygen starvation.
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- Débora do Carmo Linhares
- Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, 05508-901, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
- Department of Biological Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120, Butantã, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Carvalho de Mendonça, 144, Encruzilhada, Santos, SP, 11070-102, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Extremophiles, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil
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- Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, SP, 09913-030, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, 05508-120, Butantã, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
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Shiau YJ, Lin CW, Cai Y, Jia Z, Lin YT, Chiu CY. Niche Differentiation of Active Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Estuarine Mangrove Forest Soils in Taiwan. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E1248. [PMID: 32824517 PMCID: PMC7466156 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8081248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mangrove forests are one of the important ecosystems in tropical coasts because of their high primary production, which they sustain by sequestering a substantial amount of CO2 into plant biomass. These forests often experience various levels of inundation and play an important role in CH4 emissions, but the taxonomy of methanotrophs in these systems remains poorly understood. In this study, DNA-based stable isotope probing showed significant niche differentiation in active aerobic methanotrophs in response to niche differentiation in upstream and downstream mangrove soils of the Tamsui estuary in northwestern Taiwan, in which salinity levels differ between winter and summer. Methylobacter and Methylomicrobium-like Type I methanotrophs dominated methane-oxidizing communities in the field conditions and were significantly 13C-labeled in both upstream and downstream sites, while Methylobacter were well adapted to high salinity and low temperature. The Type II methanotroph Methylocystis comprised only 10-15% of all the methane oxidizers in the upstream site but less than 5% at the downstream site under field conditions. 13C-DNA levels in Methylocystis were significantly lower than those in Type I methanotrophs, while phylogenetic analysis further revealed the presence of novel methane oxidizers that are phylogenetically distantly related to Type Ia in fresh and incubated soils at a downstream site. These results suggest that Type I methanotrophs display niche differentiation associated with environmental differences between upstream and downstream mangrove soils.
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- Yo-Jin Shiau
- Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan;
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; (C.-W.L.); (Y.-T.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China;
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; (C.-W.L.); (Y.-T.L.)
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; (C.-W.L.); (Y.-T.L.)
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Reddy KR, Rai RK, Green SJ, Chetri JK. Effect of temperature on methane oxidation and community composition in landfill cover soil. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 46:1283-1295. [PMID: 31317292 DOI: 10.1061/(asce)ee.1943-7870.0001712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are the third largest anthropogenic source of methane (CH4) emissions in the United States. The majority of CH4 generated in landfills is converted to carbon dioxide (CO2) by CH4-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) present in the landfill cover soil, whose activity is controlled by various environmental factors including temperature. As landfill temperature can fluctuate substantially seasonally, rates of CH4 oxidation can also vary, and this could lead to incomplete oxidation. This study aims at analyzing the effect of temperature on CH4 oxidation potential and microbial community structure of methanotrophs in laboratory-based studies of landfill cover soil and cultivated consortia. Soil and enrichment cultures were incubated at temperatures ranging from 6 to 70 °C, and rates of CH4 oxidation were measured, and the microbial community structure was analyzed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenome sequencing. CH4 oxidation occurred at temperatures from 6 to 50 °C in soil microcosm tests, and 6-40 °C in enrichment culture batch tests; maximum rates of oxidation were obtained at 30 °C. A corresponding shift in the soil microbiota was observed, with a transition from putative psychrophilic to thermophilic methanotrophs with increasing incubation temperature. A strong shift in methanotrophic community structure was observed above 30 °C. At temperatures up to 30 °C, methanotrophs from the genus Methylobacter were dominant in soils and enrichment cultures; at a temperature of 40 °C, putative thermophilic methanotrophs from the genus Methylocaldum become dominant. Maximum rate measurements of nearly 195 μg CH4 g-1 day-1 were observed in soil incubations, while observed maximum rates in enrichments were significantly lower, likely as a result of diffusion limitations. This study demonstrates that temperature is a critical factor affecting rates of landfill soil CH4 oxidation in vitro and that changing rates of CH4 oxidation are in part driven by changes in methylotroph community structure.
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- Krishna R Reddy
- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sequencing Core, Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 S. Wolcott, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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Reddy KR, Rai RK, Green SJ, Chetri JK. Effect of temperature on methane oxidation and community composition in landfill cover soil. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 46:1283-1295. [PMID: 31317292 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-019-02217-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are the third largest anthropogenic source of methane (CH4) emissions in the United States. The majority of CH4 generated in landfills is converted to carbon dioxide (CO2) by CH4-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) present in the landfill cover soil, whose activity is controlled by various environmental factors including temperature. As landfill temperature can fluctuate substantially seasonally, rates of CH4 oxidation can also vary, and this could lead to incomplete oxidation. This study aims at analyzing the effect of temperature on CH4 oxidation potential and microbial community structure of methanotrophs in laboratory-based studies of landfill cover soil and cultivated consortia. Soil and enrichment cultures were incubated at temperatures ranging from 6 to 70 °C, and rates of CH4 oxidation were measured, and the microbial community structure was analyzed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenome sequencing. CH4 oxidation occurred at temperatures from 6 to 50 °C in soil microcosm tests, and 6-40 °C in enrichment culture batch tests; maximum rates of oxidation were obtained at 30 °C. A corresponding shift in the soil microbiota was observed, with a transition from putative psychrophilic to thermophilic methanotrophs with increasing incubation temperature. A strong shift in methanotrophic community structure was observed above 30 °C. At temperatures up to 30 °C, methanotrophs from the genus Methylobacter were dominant in soils and enrichment cultures; at a temperature of 40 °C, putative thermophilic methanotrophs from the genus Methylocaldum become dominant. Maximum rate measurements of nearly 195 μg CH4 g-1 day-1 were observed in soil incubations, while observed maximum rates in enrichments were significantly lower, likely as a result of diffusion limitations. This study demonstrates that temperature is a critical factor affecting rates of landfill soil CH4 oxidation in vitro and that changing rates of CH4 oxidation are in part driven by changes in methylotroph community structure.
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- Krishna R Reddy
- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sequencing Core, Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 S. Wolcott, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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Methylotetracoccus oryzae Strain C50C1 Is a Novel Type Ib Gammaproteobacterial Methanotroph Adapted to Freshwater Environments. mSphere 2019; 4:4/3/e00631-18. [PMID: 31167950 PMCID: PMC6553558 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00631-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Most of the methane produced on our planet gets naturally oxidized by a group of methanotrophic microorganisms before it reaches the atmosphere. These microorganisms are able to oxidize methane, both aerobically and anaerobically, and use it as their sole energy source. Although methanotrophs have been studied for more than a century, there are still many unknown and uncultivated groups prevalent in various ecosystems. This study focused on the diversity and adaptation of aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria in different environments by comparing their phenotypic and genotypic properties. We used lab-scale microcosms to create a countergradient of oxygen and methane for preenrichment, followed by classical isolation techniques to obtain methane-oxidizing bacteria from a freshwater environment. This resulted in the discovery and isolation of a novel methanotroph with interesting physiological and genomic properties that could possibly make this bacterium able to cope with fluctuating environmental conditions. Methane-oxidizing microorganisms perform an important role in reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas methane to the atmosphere. To date, known bacterial methanotrophs belong to the Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and NC10 phyla. Within the Proteobacteria phylum, they can be divided into type Ia, type Ib, and type II methanotrophs. Type Ia and type II are well represented by isolates. Contrastingly, the vast majority of type Ib methanotrophs have not been able to be cultivated so far. Here, we compared the distributions of type Ib lineages in different environments. Whereas the cultivated type Ib methanotrophs (Methylococcus and Methylocaldum) are found in landfill and upland soils, lineages that are not represented by isolates are mostly dominant in freshwater environments, such as paddy fields and lake sediments. Thus, we observed a clear niche differentiation within type Ib methanotrophs. Our subsequent isolation attempts resulted in obtaining a pure culture of a novel type Ib methanotroph, tentatively named “Methylotetracoccus oryzae” C50C1. Strain C50C1 was further characterized to be an obligate methanotroph, containing C16:1ω9c as the major membrane phospholipid fatty acid, which has not been found in other methanotrophs. Genome analysis of strain C50C1 showed the presence of two pmoCAB operon copies and XoxF5-type methanol dehydrogenase in addition to MxaFI. The genome also contained genes involved in nitrogen and sulfur cycling, but it remains to be demonstrated if and how these help this type Ib methanotroph to adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions in freshwater ecosystems. IMPORTANCE Most of the methane produced on our planet gets naturally oxidized by a group of methanotrophic microorganisms before it reaches the atmosphere. These microorganisms are able to oxidize methane, both aerobically and anaerobically, and use it as their sole energy source. Although methanotrophs have been studied for more than a century, there are still many unknown and uncultivated groups prevalent in various ecosystems. This study focused on the diversity and adaptation of aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria in different environments by comparing their phenotypic and genotypic properties. We used lab-scale microcosms to create a countergradient of oxygen and methane for preenrichment, followed by classical isolation techniques to obtain methane-oxidizing bacteria from a freshwater environment. This resulted in the discovery and isolation of a novel methanotroph with interesting physiological and genomic properties that could possibly make this bacterium able to cope with fluctuating environmental conditions.
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Kwon M, Ho A, Yoon S. Novel approaches and reasons to isolate methanotrophic bacteria with biotechnological potentials: recent achievements and perspectives. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:1-8. [PMID: 30315351 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9435-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The recent drop in the price of natural gas has rekindled the interests in methanotrophs, the organisms capable of utilizing methane as the sole electron donor and carbon source, as biocatalysts for various industrial applications. As heterologous expression of the methane monooxygenases in more amenable hosts has been proven to be nearly impossible, future success in methanotroph biotechnology largely depends on securing phylogenetically and phenotypically diverse methanotrophs with relatively high growth rates. For long, isolation of methanotrophs have relied on repeated single colony picking after initial batch enrichment with methane, which is a very rigorous and time-consuming process. In this review, three unconventional isolation methods devised for facilitation of the isolation process, diversification of targeted methanotrophs, and/or screening of rapid growers are summarized. The soil substrate membrane method allowed for isolation of previously elusive methanotrophs and application of high-throughput extinction plating technique facilitated the isolation procedure. Use of a chemostat with gradually increased dilution rates proved effective in screening for the fastest-growing methanotrophs from environmental samples. Development of new isolation technologies incorporating microfluidics and single-cell techniques may lead to discovery of previously unculturable methanotrophs with unexpected metabolic potentials and thus, certainly warrant future investigation.
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- Miye Kwon
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Institute for Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea.
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Rapid isolation of fast-growing methanotrophs from environmental samples using continuous cultivation with gradually increased dilution rates. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:5707-5715. [PMID: 29736819 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8978-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Methanotrophs have recently gained interest as biocatalysts for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission and conversion of methane to value-added products; however, their slow growth has, at least partially, hindered their industrial application. A rapid isolation technique that specifically screens for the fastest-growing methanotrophs was developed using continuous cultivation with gradually increased dilution rates. Environmental samples collected from methane-rich environments were enriched in continuously stirred tank reactors with unrestricted supply of methane and air. The reactor was started at the dilution rate of 0.1 h-1, and the dilution rates were increased with an increment of 0.05 h-1 until the reactor was completely washed out. The shifts in the overall microbial population and methanotrophic community at each step of the isolation procedure were monitored with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. The predominant methanotrophic groups recovered after reactor operations were affiliated to the gammaproteobacterial genera Methylomonas and Methylosarcina. The methanotrophic strains isolated from the reactor samples collected at their respective highest dilution rates exhibited specific growth rates up to 0.40 h-1; the highest value reported for methanotrophs. The novel isolation method developed in this study significantly shortened the time and efforts needed for isolation of methanotrophs from environmental samples and was capable of screening for the methanotrophs with the fastest growth rates.
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Variation in Soil Methane Fluxes and Comparison between Two Forests in China. FORESTS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/f9040204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shiau YJ, Cai Y, Lin YT, Jia Z, Chiu CY. Community Structure of Active Aerobic Methanotrophs in Red Mangrove (Kandelia obovata) Soils Under Different Frequency of Tides. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 75:761-770. [PMID: 29022063 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1080-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Methanotrophs are important microbial communities in coastal ecosystems. They reduce CH4 emission in situ, which is influenced by soil conditions. This study aimed to understand the differences in active aerobic methanotrophic communities in mangrove forest soils experiencing different inundation frequency, i.e., in soils from tidal mangroves, distributed at lower elevations, and from dwarf mangroves, distributed at higher elevations. Labeling of pmoA gene of active methanotrophs using DNA-based stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) revealed that methanotrophic activity was higher in the dwarf mangrove soils than in the tidal mangrove soils, possibly because of the more aerobic soil conditions. Methanotrophs affiliated with the cluster deep-sea-5 belonging to type Ib methanotrophs were the most dominant methanotrophs in the fresh mangrove soils, whereas type II methanotrophs also appeared in the fresh dwarf mangrove soils. Furthermore, Methylobacter and Methylosarcina were the most important active methanotrophs in the dwarf mangrove soils, whereas Methylomonas and Methylosarcina were more active in the tidal mangrove soils. High-throughput sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene also confirmed similar differences in methanotrophic communities at the different locations. However, several unclassified methanotrophic bacteria were found by 16S rRNA MiSeq sequencing in both fresh and incubated mangrove soils, implying that methanotrophic communities in mangrove forests may significantly differ from the methanotrophic communities documented in previous studies. Overall, this study showed the feasibility of 13CH4 DNA-SIP to study the active methanotrophic communities in mangrove forest soils and revealed differences in the methanotrophic community structure between coastal mangrove forests experiencing different tide frequencies.
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- Yo-Jin Shiau
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road Section II, Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, No. 71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road Section II, Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, No. 71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, People's Republic of China.
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Academia Road Section II, Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan.
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Rafiee R, Obersky L, Xie S, Clarke WP. Pilot scale evaluation of a model to distinguish the rates of simultaneous anaerobic digestion, composting and methane oxidation in static waste beds. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 71:156-163. [PMID: 29126823 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this paper was to apply and validate a model for measuring the rate and extent of anaerobic digestion, composting and CH4 oxidation in laboratory scale beds. Degradation studies were performed in four reactors each packed with shredded unsorted municipal solid waste, with one bed covered with a 100 mm layer of soil. The rates of production of CH4, CO2, 13C-CO2 and the rate of consumption of O2 were measured and used as inputs to a mass balance expressions for these components to calculate the rates of anaerobic digestion, composting and CH4 oxidation. The results showed that anaerobic digestion, composting and CH4 oxidation occurred simultaneously in both the covered and uncovered beds. The analysis showed that 50 ± 4% of the solids (COD basis) in the uncovered beds degraded anaerobically, with the generated CH4 subsequently oxidized, and that 32 ± 4% of the solids degraded aerobically in the covered bed.
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- Reza Rafiee
- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia; Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran(1).
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- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
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Xing ZL, Zhao TT, Gao YH, Yang X, Liu S, Peng XY. Methane oxidation in a landfill cover soil reactor: Changing of kinetic parameters and microorganism community structure. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2017; 52:254-264. [PMID: 27901632 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2016.1253394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Changing of CH4 oxidation potential and biological characteristics with CH4 concentration was studied in a landfill cover soil reactor (LCSR). The maximum rate of CH4 oxidation reached 32.40 mol d-1 m-2 by providing sufficient O2 in the LCSR. The kinetic parameters of methane oxidation in landfill cover soil were obtained by fitting substrate diffusion and consumption model based on the concentration profile of CH4 and O2. The values of [Formula: see text] (0.93-2.29%) and [Formula: see text] (140-524 nmol kgsoil-DW-1·s-1) increased with CH4 concentration (9.25-20.30%), while the values of [Formula: see text] (312.9-2.6%) and [Formula: see text] (1.3 × 10-5 to 9.0 × 10-3 nmol mL-1 h-1) were just the opposite. MiSeq pyrosequencing data revealed that Methylobacter (the relative abundance was decreased with height of LCSR) and Methylococcales_unclassified (the relative abundance was increased expect in H 80) became the key players after incubation with increasing CH4 concentration. These findings provide information for assessing CH4 oxidation potential and changing of biological characteristics in landfill cover soil.
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- Zhi L Xing
- a Faculty of Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University , Chongqing , China
- b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology , Chongqing , China
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- a Faculty of Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University , Chongqing , China
- b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology , Chongqing , China
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- a Faculty of Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University , Chongqing , China
- b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology , Chongqing , China
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- b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology , Chongqing , China
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- b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology , Chongqing , China
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- a Faculty of Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University , Chongqing , China
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Improved enrichment culture technique for methane-oxidizing bacteria from marine ecosystems: the effect of adhesion material and gas composition. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 110:281-289. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0787-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Strong PJ, Laycock B, Mahamud SNS, Jensen PD, Lant PA, Tyson G, Pratt S. The Opportunity for High-Performance Biomaterials from Methane. Microorganisms 2016; 4:E11. [PMID: 27681905 PMCID: PMC5029516 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms4010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers are widely recognised as outstanding candidates to replace conventional petroleum-derived polymers. Their mechanical properties are good and can be tailored through copolymer composition, they are biodegradable, and unlike many alternatives, they do not rely on oil-based feedstocks. Further, they are the only commodity polymer that can be synthesised intracellularly, ensuring stereoregularity and high molecular weight. However, despite offering enormous potential for many years, they are still not making a significant impact. This is broadly because commercial uptake has been limited by variable performance (inconsistent polymer properties) and high production costs of the raw polymer. Additionally, the main type of PHA produced naturally is poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), which has limited scope due to its brittle nature and low thermal stability, as well as its tendency to embrittle over time. Production cost is strongly impacted by the type of the feedstock used. In this article we consider: the production of PHAs from methanotrophs using methane as a cost-effective substrate; the use of mixed cultures, as opposed to pure strains; and strategies to generate a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolymer (PHBV), which has more desirable qualities such as toughness and elasticity.
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- Peter James Strong
- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, School of Civil Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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Cantera S, Estrada JM, Lebrero R, García-Encina PA, Muñoz R. Comparative performance evaluation of conventional and two-phase hydrophobic stirred tank reactors for methane abatement: Mass transfer and biological considerations. Biotechnol Bioeng 2015; 113:1203-12. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.25897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Revised: 11/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Sara Cantera
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; University of Valladolid; Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; University of Valladolid; Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; University of Valladolid; Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; University of Valladolid; Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology; University of Valladolid; Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid Spain
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Hamilton R, Kits KD, Ramonovskaya VA, Rozova ON, Yurimoto H, Iguchi H, Khmelenina VN, Sakai Y, Dunfield PF, Klotz MG, Knief C, Op den Camp HJM, Jetten MSM, Bringel F, Vuilleumier S, Svenning MM, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Trotsenko YA, Stein LY, Kalyuzhnaya MG. Draft genomes of gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs isolated from terrestrial ecosystems. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:e00515-15. [PMID: 26044417 PMCID: PMC4457054 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00515-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Genome sequences of Methylobacter luteus, Methylobacter whittenburyi, Methylosarcina fibrata, Methylomicrobium agile, and Methylovulum miyakonense were generated. The strains represent aerobic methanotrophs typically isolated from various terrestrial ecosystems.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biology of Extremophilic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Virology of National Academy of Science, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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- GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation-Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Genomics and the Environment, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Genomics and the Environment, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Su Y, Zhang X, Xia FF, Zhang QQ, Kong JY, Wang J, He R. Diversity and activity of methanotrophs in landfill cover soils with and without landfill gas recovery systems. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:200-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Revised: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kallistova AY, Montonen L, Jurgens G, Münster U, Kevbrina MV, Nozhevnikova AN. Culturable psychrotolerant methanotrophic bacteria in landfill cover soil. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714010044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hoefman S, van der Ha D, Boon N, Vandamme P, De Vos P, Heylen K. Customized media based on miniaturized screening improve growth rate and cell yield of methane-oxidizing bacteria of the genus Methylomonas. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 105:353-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-0083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu J, Sun F, Wang L, Ju X, Wu W, Chen Y. Molecular characterization of a microbial consortium involved in methane oxidation coupled to denitrification under micro-aerobic conditions. Microb Biotechnol 2013; 7:64-76. [PMID: 24245852 PMCID: PMC3896940 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Methane can be used as an alternative carbon source in biological denitrification because it is nontoxic, widely available and relatively inexpensive. A microbial consortium involved in methane oxidation coupled to denitrification (MOD) was enriched with nitrite and nitrate as electron acceptors under micro-aerobic conditions. The 16S rRNA gene combined with pmoA phylogeny of methanotrophs and nirK phylogeny of denitrifiers were analysed to reveal the dominant microbial populations and functional microorganisms. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction results showed high numbers of methanotrophs and denitrifiers in the enriched consortium. The 16S rRNA gene clone library revealed that Methylococcaceae and Methylophilaceae were the dominant populations in the MOD ecosystem. Phylogenetic analyses of pmoA gene clone libraries indicated that all methanotrophs belonged to Methylococcaceae, a type I methanotroph employing the ribulose monophosphate pathway for methane oxidation. Methylotrophic denitrifiers of the Methylophilaceae that can utilize organic intermediates (i.e. formaldehyde, citrate and acetate) released from the methanotrophs played a vital role in aerobic denitrification. This study is the first report to confirm micro-aerobic denitrification and to make phylogenetic and functional assignments for some members of the microbial assemblages involved in MOD.
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- Jingjing Liu
- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866#, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Department of Architecture and Resources Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology Nanchang Compus, Shuanggang East Road 1180#, Nanchang, 310013, China
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Kong JY, Su Y, Zhang QQ, Bai Y, Xia FF, Fang CR, He R. Vertical profiles of community and activity of methanotrophs in landfill cover soils of different age. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 115:756-65. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J.-Y. Kong
- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Zhejiang University of Science and Technology; Hangzhou China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou China
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Microbial production of poly(hydroxybutyrate) from C₁ carbon sources. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:1407-24. [PMID: 23306640 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4649-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Revised: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is an attractive substitute for petrochemical plastic due to its similar properties, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. The cost of scaled-up PHB production inhibits its widespread usage. Intensive researches are growing to reduce costs and improve thermomechanical, physical, and processing properties of this green biopolymer. Among cheap substrates which are used for reducing total cost of PHB production, some C₁ carbon sources, e.g., methane, methanol, and CO₂ have received a great deal of attention due to their serious role in greenhouse problem. This article reviews the fundamentals of strategies for reducing PHA production and moves on to the applications of several cheap substrates with a special emphasis on methane, methanol, and CO₂. Also, some explanation for involved microorganisms including the hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria and methanotrophs, their history, culture condition, and nutritional requirements are given. After description of some important strains among the hydrogen-oxidizing and methanotrophic producers of PHB, the article is focused on limitations, threats, and opportunities for application and their future trends.
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Svenning MM, Wartiainen I, Hestnes AG, Binnerup SJ. Isolation of methane oxidising bacteria from soil by use of a soil substrate membrane system. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 44:347-54. [PMID: 19719615 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00073-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Abstract A new method for isolation of methane oxidising bacteria (methanotrophs) is presented. Soil samples from a wetland area and a landfill were plated on polycarbonate membranes, which were incubated in a methane-air atmosphere using a non-sterile soil suspension as the medium. The membrane acted as a permeable growth support. The membrane method resulted in selective growth conditions, which allowed isolation of methane oxidising bacteria. The method resulted in isolation of both type I and type II methanotrophs from natural wetland and landfill soils. The isolates obtained from the landfill were dominated by type II methanotrophs and included several isolates carrying the gene for soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO). Repetitive element sequence-based PCR fingerprinting documented genotypic diversity at the strain level. The presented method is a promising tool for easy and rapid isolation of different indigenous methanotrophs from an environment of interest.
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- Mette M Svenning
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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Yun J, Zhuang G, Ma A, Guo H, Wang Y, Zhang H. Community structure, abundance, and activity of methanotrophs in the Zoige wetland of the Tibetan Plateau. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2012; 63:835-843. [PMID: 22159497 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9981-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The Zoige wetland of the Tibetan Plateau is a high-altitude tundra wetland and one of the biggest methane emission centers in China. In this study, methanotrophs with respect to community structure, abundance, and activity were investigated in peat soils collected in the vicinity of different marshland plants that dominate different regions of the wetland, including Polygonum amphibium, Carex muliensis, and Eleocharis valleculosa (EV). 16S rRNA gene and particulate methane monooxygenase gene (pmoA) clone library sequence data indicated the presence of methanotrophs with two genera, Methylobacter and Methylocystis. Methylococcus, like pmoA gene sequences, were also retrieved and showed low similarity to those from Methylococcus spp. and thus indicates the existence of novel methanotrophs in the Zoige wetland. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays were used to measure the abundance of methantrophs and detected 10(7) to 10(8) of total pmoA gene copies per gram dry weight of soil in the three marshes. Group-specific qPCR and reverse transcriptase qPCR results found that the Methylobacter genus dominates the wetland, and Methylocystis methanotrophs were less abundant, although this group of methanotrophs was estimated to be more active according to mRNA/DNA ratio. Furthermore, EV marsh demonstrated the highest methanotrophs abundance and activity among the three marshes investigated. Our study suggests that both type I and type II methanotrophs contribute to the methane oxidation in the Zoige wetland.
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- Juanli Yun
- Graduate University of Chinese Academic of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Road, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Shifts in identity and activity of methanotrophs in arctic lake sediments in response to temperature changes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4715-23. [PMID: 22522690 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00853-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Methane (CH(4)) flux to the atmosphere is mitigated via microbial CH(4) oxidation in sediments and water. As arctic temperatures increase, understanding the effects of temperature on the activity and identity of methanotrophs in arctic lake sediments is important to predicting future CH(4) emissions. We used DNA-based stable-isotope probing (SIP), quantitative PCR (Q-PCR), and pyrosequencing analyses to identify and characterize methanotrophic communities active at a range of temperatures (4°C, 10°C, and 21°C) in sediments (to a depth of 25 cm) sampled from Lake Qalluuraq on the North Slope of Alaska. CH(4) oxidation activity was measured in microcosm incubations containing sediments at all temperatures, with the highest CH(4) oxidation potential of 37.5 μmol g(-1) day(-1) in the uppermost (depth, 0 to 1 cm) sediment at 21°C after 2 to 5 days of incubation. Q-PCR of pmoA and of the 16S rRNA genes of type I and type II methanotrophs, and pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes in (13)C-labeled DNA obtained by SIP demonstrated that the type I methanotrophs Methylobacter, Methylomonas, and Methylosoma dominated carbon acquisition from CH(4) in the sediments. The identity and relative abundance of active methanotrophs differed with the incubation temperature. Methylotrophs were also abundant in the microbial community that derived carbon from CH(4), especially in the deeper sediments (depth, 15 to 20 cm) at low temperatures (4°C and 10°C), and showed a good linear relationship (R = 0.82) with the relative abundances of methanotrophs in pyrosequencing reads. This study describes for the first time how methanotrophic communities in arctic lake sediments respond to temperature variations.
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Dianou D, Ueno C, Ogiso T, Kimura M, Asakawa S. Diversity of cultivable methane-oxidizing bacteria in microsites of a rice paddy field: investigation by cultivation method and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Microbes Environ 2012; 27:278-87. [PMID: 22446309 PMCID: PMC4036049 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me11327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The diversity of cultivable methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in the rice paddy field ecosystem was investigated by combined culture-dependent and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques. Seven microsites of a Japanese rice paddy field were the focus of the study: floodwater, surface soil, bulk soil, rhizosphere soil, root, basal stem of rice plant, and rice stumps of previous harvest. Based on pmoA gene analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), four type I, and nine type II MOB isolates were obtained from the highest dilution series of enrichment cultures. The type I MOB isolates included a novel species in the genus Methylomonas from floodwater and this is the first type I MOB strain isolated from floodwater of a rice paddy field. In the type I MOB, two isolates from stumps were closely related to Methylomonas spp.; one isolate obtained from rhizosphere soil was most related to Methyloccocus-Methylocaldum-Methylogaea clade. Almost all the type II MOB isolates were related to Methylocystis methanotrophs. FISH confirmed the presence of both types I and II MOB in all the microsites and in the related enrichment cultures. The study reported, for the first time, the diversity of cultivable methanotrophs including a novel species of type I MOB in rice paddy field compartments. Refining growth media and culture conditions, in combination with molecular approaches, will allow us to broaden our knowledge on the MOB community in the rice paddy field ecosystem and consequently to implement strategies for mitigating CH4 emission from this ecosystem.
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- Dayéri Dianou
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, 03BP7192 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Chi Z, Lu W, Mou Z, Wang H, Long Y, Duan Z. Effect of biocover equipped with a novel passive air diffusion system on microbial methane oxidation and community of methanotrophs. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (1995) 2012; 62:278-286. [PMID: 22482286 DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2011.647236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A novel biocover with passive air diffusion system (PADS) was designed in this study. Its effect on landfill gas components in the macrocosms of simulated biocover systems was also investigated. The results show that O2 concentration increased in the whole profile of the macrocosms equipped with PADS. When simulated landfill gas (SLFG) flow rate was no more than 40 mL min(-1), the methane oxidation rate was 100%. The highest CH4 oxidation capacity reached to 31.34 mol m(-3) day(-1). Molecular microbiology analysis of the soil samples taken from the above macrocosm showed that the growth of type I methanotrophs was enhanced, attributable to enhanced air diffusion and distribution, whereas the microbial diversity and population density of type II methanotrophs were not so affected, as evidenced by the absence of any difference between the biocover equipped with PADS and that of the control. According to a phylogenic analysis, Methylobacter Methylosarcinafor type I, and Methylocystis, Methylosinus for type II, were the most prevalent species in the macrocosm with PADS.
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- Zifang Chi
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Putkinen A, Larmola T, Tuomivirta T, Siljanen HMP, Bodrossy L, Tuittila ES, Fritze H. Water dispersal of methanotrophic bacteria maintains functional methane oxidation in sphagnum mosses. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:15. [PMID: 22291695 PMCID: PMC3263434 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is known that Sphagnum associated methanotrophy (SAM) changes in relation to the peatland water table (WT) level. After drought, rising WT is able to reactivate SAM. We aimed to reveal whether this reactivation is due to activation of indigenous methane (CH4) oxidizing bacteria (MOB) already present in the mosses or to MOB present in water. This was tested through two approaches: in a transplantation experiment, Sphagna lacking SAM activity were transplanted into flark water next to Sphagna oxidizing CH4. Already after 3 days, most of the transplants showed CH4 oxidation activity. Microarray showed that the MOB community compositions of the transplants and the original active mosses had become more similar within 28 days thus indicating MOB movement through water between mosses. Methylocystis-related type II MOB dominated the community. In a following experiment, SAM inactive mosses were bathed overnight in non-sterile and sterile-filtered SAM active site flark water. Only mosses bathed with non-sterile flark water became SAM active, which was also shown by the pmoA copy number increase of over 60 times. Thus, it was evident that MOB present in the water can colonize Sphagnum mosses. This colonization could act as a resilience mechanism for peatland CH4 dynamics by allowing the re-emergence of CH4 oxidation activity in Sphagnum.
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- Anuliina Putkinen
- Finnish Forest Research Institute, Southern Finland Regional Unit Vantaa, Finland
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Henneberger R, Lüke C, Mosberger L, Schroth MH. Structure and function of methanotrophic communities in a landfill-cover soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 81:52-65. [PMID: 22172054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In landfill-cover soils, aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) convert CH(4) to CO(2), mitigating emissions of the greenhouse gas CH(4) to the atmosphere. We investigated overall MOB community structure and assessed spatial differences in MOB diversity, abundance and activity in a Swiss landfill-cover soil. Molecular cloning, terminal restriction-fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and quantitative PCR of pmoA genes were applied to soil collected from 16 locations at three different depths to study MOB community structure, diversity and abundance; MOB activity was measured in the field using gas push-pull tests. The MOB community was highly diverse but dominated by Type Ia MOB, with novel pmoA sequences present. Type II MOB were detected mainly in deeper soil with lower nutrient and higher CH(4) concentrations. Substantial differences in MOB community structure were observed between one high- and one low-activity location. MOB abundance was highly variable across the site [4.0 × 10(4) to 1.1 × 10(7) (g soil dry weight)(-1)]. Potential CH(4) oxidation rates were high [1.8-58.2 mmol CH(4) (L soil air)(-1) day(-1) ] but showed significant lateral variation and were positively correlated with mean CH(4) concentrations (P < 0.01), MOB abundance (P < 0.05) and MOB diversity (weak correlation, P < 0.17). Our findings indicate that Methylosarcina and closely related MOB are key players and that MOB abundance and community structure are driving factors in CH(4) oxidation at this landfill.
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- Ruth Henneberger
- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lü F, He P, Guo M, Yang N, Shao L. Ammonium-dependent regulation of aerobic methane-consuming bacteria in landfill cover soil by leachate irrigation. J Environ Sci (China) 2012; 24:711-719. [PMID: 22894107 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(11)60813-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The impacts of landfill leachate irrigation on methane oxidation activities and methane-consuming bacteria populations were studied by incubation of landfill cover soils with leachate and (NH4)2SO4 solution at different ammonium concentrations. The community structures and abundances of methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were examined by PCR-DGGE and real-time PCR. Compared with the pure (NH4)2SO4 solution, leachate addition was found to have a positive effect on methane oxidation activity. In terms of the irrigation amount, ammonium in leachate was responsible for the actual inhibition of leachate. The extent of inhibitory effect mainly depended on its ammonium concentration. The suppression of the predominant methane-consuming bacteria, type I MOB, was responsible for the decreased methane oxidation activity by ammonium inhibition. Methane-consuming bacteria responded diversely in abundance to ammonium. The abundance of type I MOB decreased by fivefold; type II MOB showed stimulation response of fivefold magnification upon the first addition but lessened to be lower than the original level after the second addition; the amount of AOB was stimulated to increase for 20-30 times gradually. Accumulated nitrate from nitrification strengthened the ammonium inhibition on type I and type II MOB, as a result, repetitive irrigation was unfavorable for methane oxidation.
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- Fan Lü
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Chi Z, Lu W, Wang H, Zhao Y. Diversity of methanotrophs in a simulated modified biocover reactor. J Environ Sci (China) 2012; 24:1076-1082. [PMID: 23505875 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(11)60889-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A simulated landfill biocover microcosm consisting of a modifying ceramsite material and compost were investigated. Results show that the mixture can improve the material porosity and achieve a stable and highly efficient (100%) methane oxidation over an extended operating period. The diversity of the methanotrophic community in the microcosm was assessed. Type I methanotrophs were enhanced in the microcosm due to the increased air diffusion and distribution, whereas the microbial diversity and population density of type II methanotrophs were not significantly affected. Moreover, the type I methanotrophic community structure significantly varied with the reactor height, whereas that of type II methanotrophic communities did not exhibit a spatial variation. Phylogenetic analysis showed that type I methanotroph-based nested polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) resulted in the detection of eight different populations, most of which are related to Methylobacter sp.,whereas that of type II resulted in the detection of nine different populations, most of which are related to Methylocystaceae. Methanotrophic community analysis also indicated that a number of new methanotrophic genera not closely related to any known methanotrophic populations were present.
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- Zifang Chi
- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Tsutsumi M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Vertical profiles of abundance and potential activity of methane-oxidizing bacteria in sediment of Lake Biwa, Japan. Microbes Environ 2011; 27:67-71. [PMID: 22200642 PMCID: PMC4036029 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me11285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Vertical profiles of the abundance, community composition, and potential activity of methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) were investigated in the sediment of Lake Biwa. Sediment samples were obtained from two sites at different water depths. The abundance of MOB was assessed as the copy number of the pmoA gene (encoding the alpha subunit of particulate methane monooxygenase), measured with quantitative real-time PCR. Abundance of the pmoA gene peaked in the 5–8 cm layer of the sediment from both sites. MOB community composition was investigated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of pmoA and 16S rRNA genes. The band patterns observed in DGGE did not significantly differ with sediment depths or sampling sites. Sequence analysis of the DGGE bands indicated the dominance of the genus Methylobacter. Potential activity, which was measured in the presence of sufficient amounts of methane and oxygen, decreased linearly from the sediment surface to deeper layers. These results suggest that the pmoA gene copy number cannot be regarded as an indicator of aerobic MOB that retain potential activity in sediments.
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- Masazumi Tsutsumi
- The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Hoefman S, van der Ha D, De Vos P, Boon N, Heylen K. Miniaturized extinction culturing is the preferred strategy for rapid isolation of fast-growing methane-oxidizing bacteria. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 5:368-78. [PMID: 22070783 PMCID: PMC3821679 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Methane‐oxidizing bacteria (MOB) have a large potential as a microbial sink for the greenhouse gas methane as well as for biotechnological purposes. However, their application in biotechnology has so far been hampered, in part due to the relative slow growth rate of the available strains. To enable the availability of novel strains, this study compares the isolation of MOB by conventional dilution plating with miniaturized extinction culturing, both performed after an initial enrichment step. The extinction approach rendered 22 MOB isolates from four environmental samples, while no MOB could be isolated by plating. In most cases, extinction culturing immediately yielded MOB monocultures making laborious purification redundant. Both type I (Methylomonas spp.) and type II (Methylosinus sp.) MOB were isolated. The isolated methanotrophic diversity represented at least 11 different strains and several novel species based on 16S rRNA gene sequence dissimilarity. These strains possessed the particulate (100%) and soluble (64%) methane monooxygenase gene. Also, 73% of the strains could be linked to a highly active fast‐growing mixed MOB community. In conclusion, miniaturized extinction culturing was more efficient in rapidly isolating numerous MOB requiring little effort and fewer materials, compared with the more widely applied plating procedure. This miniaturized approach allowed straightforward isolation and could be very useful for subsequent screening of desired characteristics, in view of their future biotechnological potential.
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- Sven Hoefman
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Pieja AJ, Rostkowski KH, Criddle CS. Distribution and selection of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production capacity in methanotrophic proteobacteria. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2011; 62:564-573. [PMID: 21594594 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9873-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Methanotrophs are known to produce poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), but there is conflicting evidence in the literature as to which genera produce the polymer. We screened type I and II proteobacterial methanotrophs that use the ribulose monophosphate and serine pathways for carbon assimilation, respectively, for both phaC, which encodes for PHB synthase, and the ability to produce PHB under nitrogen-limited conditions. Twelve strains from six different genera were evaluated. All type I strains tested negative for phaC and PHB production; all Type II strains tested positive for phaC and PHB production. In order to identify conditions that favor PHB production, we also evaluated a range of selection conditions using a diverse activated sludge inoculum. Use of medium typically recommended for methanotroph enrichment led to enrichments dominated by type I methanotrophs. Conditions that were selected for enrichments dominated by PHB-producing Type II methanotrophs were: (1) use of nitrogen gas as the sole nitrogen source in the absence of copper, (2) use of a dilute mineral salts media in the absence of copper, and (3) use of media prepared at pH values of 4-5.
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- Allison J Pieja
- Environmental Engineering and Science, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Kumaresan D, Stralis-Pavese N, Abell GCJ, Bodrossy L, Murrell JC. Physical disturbance to ecological niches created by soil structure alters community composition of methanotrophs. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2011; 3:613-621. [PMID: 23761342 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Aggregates of different sizes and stability in soil create a composite of ecological niches differing in terms of physico-chemical and structural characteristics. The aim of this study was to identify, using DNA-SIP and mRNA-based microarray analysis, whether shifts in activity and community composition of methanotrophs occur when ecological niches created by soil structure are physically perturbed. Landfill cover soil was subject to three treatments termed: 'control' (minimal structural disruption), 'sieved' (sieved soil using 2 mm mesh) and 'ground' (grinding using mortar and pestle). 'Sieved' and 'ground' soil treatments exhibited higher methane oxidation potentials compared with the 'control' soil treatment. Analysis of the active community composition revealed an effect of physical disruption on active methanotrophs. Type I methanotrophs were the most active methanotrophs in 'sieved' and 'ground' soil treatments, whereas both Type I and Type II methanotrophs were active in the 'control' soil treatment. The result emphasize that changes to a particular ecological niche may not result in an immediate change to the active bacterial composition and change in composition will depend on the ability of the bacterial communities to respond to the perturbation.
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- Deepak Kumaresan
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Austrian Institute of Technology, Department of Bioresources, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
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Detection, isolation, and characterization of acidophilic methanotrophs from Sphagnum mosses. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:5643-54. [PMID: 21724892 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05017-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sphagnum peatlands are important ecosystems in the methane cycle. Methane-oxidizing bacteria in these ecosystems serve as a methane filter and limit methane emissions. Yet little is known about the diversity and identity of the methanotrophs present in and on Sphagnum mosses of peatlands, and only a few isolates are known. The methanotrophic community in Sphagnum mosses, originating from a Dutch peat bog, was investigated using a pmoA microarray. A high biodiversity of both gamma- and alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs was found. With Sphagnum mosses as the inoculum, alpha- and gammaproteobacterial acidophilic methanotrophs were isolated using established and newly designed media. The 16S rRNA, pmoA, pxmA, and mmoX gene sequences showed that the alphaproteobacterial isolates belonged to the Methylocystis and Methylosinus genera. The Methylosinus species isolated are the first acid-tolerant members of this genus. Of the acidophilic gammaproteobacterial strains isolated, strain M5 was affiliated with the Methylomonas genus, and the other strain, M200, may represent a novel genus, most closely related to the genera Methylosoma and Methylovulum. So far, no acidophilic or acid-tolerant methanotrophs in the Gammaproteobacteria class are known. All strains showed the typical features of either type I or II methanotrophs and are, to the best of our knowledge, the first isolated (acidophilic or acid-tolerant) methanotrophs from Sphagnum mosses.
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Yang N, Lü F, He P, Shao L. Response of methanotrophs and methane oxidation on ammonium application in landfill soils. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:1073-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3389-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Revised: 05/15/2011] [Accepted: 05/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Adams BL, Besnard F, Bogner J, Hilger H. Bio-tarp alternative daily cover prototypes for methane oxidation atop open landfill cells. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 31:1065-1073. [PMID: 21354776 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Revised: 12/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Final landfill covers are highly engineered to prevent methane release into the atmosphere. However, methane production begins soon after waste placement and is an unaddressed source of emissions. The methane oxidation capacity of methanotrophs embedded in a "bio-tarp" was investigated as a means to mitigate methane release from open landfill cells. The bio-tarp would also serve as an alternative daily cover during routine landfill operation. Evaluations of nine synthetic geotextiles identified two that would likely be suitable bio-tarp components. Pilot tarp prototypes were tested in continuous flow systems simulating landfill gas conditions. Multilayered bio-tarp prototypes consisting of alternating layers of the two geotextiles were found to remove 16% of the methane flowing through the bio-tarp. The addition of landfill cover soil, compost, or shale amendments to the bio-tarp increased the methane removal up to 32%. With evidence of methane removal in a laboratory bioreactor, prototypes were evaluated at a local landfill using flux chambers installed atop intermediate cover at a landfill. The multilayered bio-tarp and amended bio-tarp configurations were all found to decrease landfill methane flux; however, the performance efficacy of bio-tarps was not significantly different from controls without methanotrophs. Because highly variable methane fluxes at the field site likely confounded the test results, repeat field testing is recommended under more controlled flux conditions.
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- Bryn L Adams
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA
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Interaction and independence on methane oxidation of landfill cover soil among three impact factors: water, oxygen and ammonium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0320-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mei J, Wang L, Han D, Zhao Y. Methanotrophic community structure of aged refuse and its capability for methane bio-oxidation. J Environ Sci (China) 2011; 23:868-874. [PMID: 21790062 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(10)60536-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Aged refuse from waste landfills closed for eight years was examined and found to contain rich methanotrophs capable of biooxidation for methane. Specially, community structure and methane oxidation capability of methanotrophs in the aged refuse were studied. The amount of methanotrophs ranged 61.97 x 10(3)-632.91 x 10(3) cells/g (in dry basis) in aged refuse from Shanghai Laogang Landfill. Type I and II methanotrophs were found in the aged refuse in the presence of sterilized sewage sludge and only Type I methanotrophs were detected in the presence of nitrate minimal salt medium (NMS). The clone sequences of the pmoA gene obtained from the aged refuse were similar to the pmoA gene of Methylobacter Methylocaldum, and Methylocystis, and two clones were distinct with known genera of Type I methanotrophs according to phylogenetic analysis. Aged refuse enriched with NMS was used for methane biological oxidation and over 93% conversions were obtained.
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- Juan Mei
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Crowe SA, Katsev S, Leslie K, Sturm A, Magen C, Nomosatryo S, Pack MA, Kessler JD, Reeburgh WS, Roberts JA, González L, Douglas Haffner G, Mucci A, Sundby B, Fowle DA. The methane cycle in ferruginous Lake Matano. GEOBIOLOGY 2011; 9:61-78. [PMID: 20854329 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In Lake Matano, Indonesia, the world's largest known ferruginous basin, more than 50% of authigenic organic matter is degraded through methanogenesis, despite high abundances of Fe (hydr)oxides in the lake sediments. Biogenic CH₄ accumulates to high concentrations (up to 1.4 mmol L⁻¹) in the anoxic bottom waters, which contain a total of 7.4 × 10⁵ tons of CH₄. Profiles of dissolved inorganic carbon (ΣCO₂) and carbon isotopes (δ¹³C) show that CH₄ is oxidized in the vicinity of the persistent pycnocline and that some of this CH₄ is likely oxidized anaerobically. The dearth of NO₃⁻ and SO₄²⁻ in Lake Matano waters suggests that anaerobic methane oxidation may be coupled to the reduction of Fe (and/or Mn) (hydr)oxides. Thermodynamic considerations reveal that CH₄ oxidation coupled to Fe(III) or Mn(III/IV) reduction would yield sufficient free energy to support microbial growth at the substrate levels present in Lake Matano. Flux calculations imply that Fe and Mn must be recycled several times directly within the water column to balance the upward flux of CH₄. 16S gene cloning identified methanogens in the anoxic water column, and these methanogens belong to groups capable of both acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. We find that methane is important in C cycling, even in this very Fe-rich environment. Such Fe-rich environments are rare on Earth today, but they are analogous to conditions in the ferruginous oceans thought to prevail during much of the Archean Eon. By analogy, methanogens and methanotrophs could have formed an important part of the Archean Ocean ecosystem.
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- S A Crowe
- Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Stable isotope probing analysis of the diversity and activity of methanotrophic bacteria in soils from the Canadian high Arctic. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5773-84. [PMID: 20622133 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03094-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The melting of permafrost and its potential impact on CH(4) emissions are major concerns in the context of global warming. Methanotrophic bacteria have the capacity to mitigate CH(4) emissions from melting permafrost. Here, we used quantitative PCR (qPCR), stable isotope probing (SIP) of DNA, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA and pmoA genes to study the activity and diversity of methanotrophic bacteria in active-layer soils from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic. Results showed that most of the soils had the capacity to oxidize CH(4) at 4 degrees C and at room temperature (RT), but the oxidation rates were greater at RT than at 4 degrees C and were significantly enhanced by nutrient amendment. The DGGE banding patterns associated with active methanotrophic bacterial populations were also different depending on the temperature of incubation and the addition of nutrients. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA and pmoA genes indicated a low diversity of the active methanotrophic bacteria, with all methanotroph 16S rRNA and pmoA gene sequences being related to type I methanotrophs from Methylobacter and Methylosarcina. The dominance of type I methanotrophs over type II methanotrophs in the native soil samples was confirmed by qPCR of the 16S rRNA gene with primers specific for these two groups of bacteria. The 16S rRNA and pmoA gene sequences related to those of Methylobacter tundripaludum were found in all soils, regardless of the incubation conditions, and they might therefore play a role in CH(4) degradation in situ. This work is providing new information supporting the potential importance of Methylobacter spp. in Arctic soils found in previous studies and contributes to the limited body of knowledge on methanotrophic activity and diversity in this extreme environment.
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Zheng Y, Liu X, Zhang L, Zhou Z, He J. Do land utilization patterns affect methanotrophic communities in a Chinese upland red soil? J Environ Sci (China) 2010; 22:1936-1943. [PMID: 21462713 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(09)60342-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Soil samples were collected from three plots under different land utilization patterns including degradation, farming, and restoration. The abundances of methanotrophs were quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based on the pmoA and 16S rRNA genes, and the community fingerprint was analyzed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) aiming at pmoA gene. Significantly lower 16S rRNA and pmoA genes copies were found in the degradation treatment than in farming and restoration. Higher abundances of Type I than those of Type II methanotrophs were detected in all treatments. The treatment of farming was clearly separated from degradation and restoration according to the DGGE profile by cluster analysis. The lowest diversity indices were observed in the F (farming plot), suggesting that the community structure was strongly affected by farming activities. There were significantly positive correlations between the copy numbers of pmoA also Type II-related 16S rRNA genes and soil available K content. Strong negative and positive correlations were found between Type I and soil pH, and available P content, respectively. We concluded that the vegetation cover or not, soil characteristics including pH and nutrients of P and K as a result of anthropogenic disturbance may be key factors affecting methanotrophic communities in upland soil.
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- Yong Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Horz HP, Raghubanshi AS, Heyer J, Kammann C, Conrad R, Dunfield PF. Activity and community structure of methane-oxidising bacteria in a wet meadow soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 41:247-57. [PMID: 19709259 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2002.tb00986.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The structure and activity of the methane-oxidising microbial community in a wet meadow soil in Germany were investigated using biogeochemical, cultivation, and molecular fingerprinting techniques. Both methane from the atmosphere and methane produced in anaerobic subsurface soil were oxidised. The specific affinity (first-order rate constant) for methane consumption was highest in the top 20 cm of soil and the apparent half-saturation constant was 137-300 nM CH(4), a value intermediate to measured values in wetland soils versus well-aerated upland soils. Most-probable-number (MPN) counting of methane-oxidising bacteria followed by isolation and characterisation of strains from the highest positive dilution steps suggested that the most abundant member of the methane-oxidising community was a Methylocystis strain (10(5)-10(7) cells g(-1) d.w. soil). Calculations based on kinetic data suggested that this cell density was sufficient to account for the observed methane oxidation activity in the soil. DNA extraction directly from the same soil samples, followed by PCR amplification and comparative sequence analyses of the pmoA gene, also detected Methylocystis. However, molecular community fingerprinting analyses revealed a more diverse and dynamic picture of the methane-oxidising community. Retrieved pmoA sequences included, besides those closely related to Methylocystis spp., others related to the genera Methylomicrobium and Methylocapsa, and there were differences across samples which were not evident in MPN analyses.
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- Hans-Peter Horz
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Kumaresan D, Abell GCJ, Bodrossy L, Stralis-Pavese N, Murrell JC. Spatial and temporal diversity of methanotrophs in a landfill cover soil are differentially related to soil abiotic factors. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2009; 1:398-407. [PMID: 23765893 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Methanotrophs present in landfill cover soil can limit methane emissions from landfill sites by oxidizing methane produced in landfill. Understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of populations of methanotrophs and the factors influencing their activity and diversity in landfill cover soil is critical to devise better landfill cover soil management strategies. pmoA-based microarray analyses of methanotroph community structure revealed a temporal shift in methanotroph populations across different seasons. Type II methanotrophs (particularly Methylocystis sp.) were found to be present across all seasons. Minor shifts in type I methanotroph populations were observed. In the case of spatial distribution, only minor differences in methanotroph community structure were observed with no recognizable patterns (both vertical and horizontal) at a 5 m scale. Correlation analysis between soil abiotic parameters (total C, N, NH4 (+) , NO3 (-) and water content) and distribution of methanotrophs revealed a lack of conclusive evidence for any distinct correlation pattern between measured abiotic parameters and methanotroph community structure, suggesting that complex interactions of several physico-chemical parameters shape methanotroph diversity and activity in landfill cover soils.
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- Deepak Kumaresan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Department of Bioresources, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
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Gebert J, Singh BK, Pan Y, Bodrossy L. Activity and structure of methanotrophic communities in landfill cover soils. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2009; 1:414-423. [PMID: 23765895 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00061.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The composition of the methanotrophic community in soil covers on five landfills in Northern and Eastern Germany was investigated by means of diagnostic microarray and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), both targeting the pmoA gene of methanotrophs. Physical and chemical properties of the 15 sampled soil profiles varied greatly, thus providing for very different environmental conditions. The potential methane oxidation activity, assessed using undisturbed soil cores, varied between 0.2 and 28 µg CH4 gdw (-1) h(-1) , the latter amounting to 426 g CH4 m(-2) h(-1) . Total nitrogen was found to be the soil variable correlating most strongly with methanotrophic activity. Explaining close to 50% of the observed variability, this indicates that on the investigated sites activity and thus abundance of methanotrophs may have been nitrogen-limited. Variables that enhance organic matter and thus nitrogen accumulation, such as field capacity, also positively impacted methanotrophic activity. In spite of the great variability of soil properties and different geographic landfill location, both microarray and T-RFLP analysis suggested that the composition of the methanotrophic community on all five sites, in all profiles and across all depths was similar. Methylocystis, Methylobacter and Methylococcus species, including Methylococcus-related uncultivated methanotrophs, were predominantly detected among type II, Ia and Ib methanotrophs, respectively. This indicates that the high methane fluxes typical for landfill environments may be the most influential driver governing the community composition, or other variables not analysed in this study. Principal component analysis suggested that community diversity is most influenced by the site from which the samples were taken and second, from the location on the individual sites, i.e. the soil profile. Landfill and individual profiles reflect the combined impact of all effective variables, including those that were not measured in this study.
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- Julia Gebert
- University of Hamburg, Institute of Soil Science, Allende-Platz 2, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK. Austrian Institute of Technology, Institute of Bioresources, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
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Bussmann I, Pester M, Brune A, Schink B. Preferential cultivation of type II methanotrophic bacteria from littoral sediments (Lake Constance). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 47:179-89. [PMID: 19712333 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00260-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Most widely used medium for cultivation of methanotrophic bacteria from various environments is that proposed in 1970 by Whittenbury. In order to adapt and optimize medium for culturing of methanotrophs from freshwater sediment, media with varying concentrations of substrates, phosphate, nitrate, and other mineral salts were used to enumerate methanotrophs by the most probable number method. High concentrations (>1 mM) of magnesium and sulfate, and high concentrations of nitrate (>500 microM) significantly reduced the number of cultured methanotrophs, whereas phosphate in the range of 15-1500 microM had no influence. Also oxygen and carbon dioxide influenced the culturing efficiency, with an optimal mixing ratio of 17% O(2) and 3% CO(2); the mixing ratio of methane (6-32%) had no effect. A clone library of pmoA genes amplified by PCR from DNA extracted from sediment revealed the presence of both type I and type II methanotrophs. Nonetheless, the cultivation of methanotrophs, also with the improved medium, clearly favored growth of type II methanotrophs of the Methylosinus/Methylocystis group. Although significantly more methanotrophs could be cultured with the modified medium, their diversity did not mirror the diversity of methanotrophs in the sediment sample detected by molecular biology method.
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- Ingeborg Bussmann
- LS Mikrobielle Okologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Germany.
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Ait-Benichou S, Jugnia LB, Greer CW, Cabral AR. Methanotrophs and methanotrophic activity in engineered landfill biocovers. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 29:2509-2517. [PMID: 19477627 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The dynamics and changes in the potential activity and community structure of methanotrophs in landfill covers, as a function of time and depth were investigated. A passive methane oxidation biocover (PMOB-1) was constructed in St-Nicéphore MSW Landfill (Quebec, Canada). The most probable number (MPN) method was used for methanotroph counts, methanotrophic diversity was assessed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting of the pmoA gene and the potential CH(4) oxidation rate was determined using soil microcosms. Results of the PMOB-1 were compared with those obtained for the existing landfill cover (silty clay) or a reference soil (RS). During the monitoring period, changes in the number of methanotrophic bacteria in the PMOB-1 exhibited different developmental phases and significant variations with depth. In comparison, no observable changes over time occurred in the number of methanotrophs in the RS. The maximum counts measured in the uppermost layer was 1.5x10(9) cells g dw(-1) for the PMOB-1 and 1.6x10(8) cells g dw(-1) for the RS. No distinct difference was observed in the methanotroph diversity in the PMOB-1 or RS. As expected, the potential methane oxidation rate was higher in the PMOB-1 than in the RS. The maximum potential rates were 441.1 and 76.0 microg CH(4) h(-1) g dw(-1) in the PMOB and RS, respectively. From these results, the PMOB was found to be a good technology to enhance methane oxidation, as its performance was clearly better than the starting soil that was present in the landfill site.
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- S Ait-Benichou
- Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K 2R1
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