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Organic acids and ethanol inhibit the oxidation of methane by mire methanotrophs.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Jul 2011
Wieczorek Adam S, Drake Harold L, Kolb Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Aerobic methane (CH(4) ) oxidation reduces the emission of CH(4) from mires and is regulated by various environmental factors. Organic acids and alcohols are intermediates of the anaerobic degradation of organic matter or are released by plant roots. Methanotrophs isolated from mires utilize these compounds preferentially to CH(4) . Thus, the effect of organic acids and ethanol on CH(4) oxidation by methanotrophs...
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