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Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2005
Tsubota Jun, Eshinimaev Bulat Ts, Khmelenina Valentina N, Trotsenko Yuri A
Abstract excerpt
A novel moderately thermophilic methanotroph, strain MYHT(T), was isolated from a hot spring in Japan. The isolate grew on methane or methanol at 37-67 degrees C, and optimally at 57-59 degrees C. It was found to be a Gram-negative aerobe, with colourless colonies of non-motile coccoid cells, possessing type I intracytoplasmic membranes and regularly arranged surface layers of linear (p2) symmetry. Strain MYHT(T)...
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