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Taxonomic characterization of new alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant methanotrophs from soda lakes of the Southeastern Transbaikal region and description of Methylomicrobium buryatense sp.nov.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Jul 2001
Kaluzhnaya M, Khmelenina V, Eshinimaev B, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Solonin A, Lin J L, McDonald I, Murrell C, Trotsenko Y
Abstract excerpt
Five strains of obligate methanotrophic bacteria (4G, 5G, 6G, 7G and 5B) isolated from bottom sediments of Southeastern Transbaikal soda lakes (pH 9.5-10.5) are taxonomically described. These bacteria are aerobic, Gram-negative monotrichous rods having tightly packed cup-shaped structures on the outer cell wall surface (S-layers) and Type I intracytoplasmic membranes. All the isolates possess particulate methane...
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