scholarly journals Effects of Ammonium and Non-Ammonium Salt Additions on Methane Oxidation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Maine Forest Soils

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. King ◽  
S. Schnell
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water Potential ◽  
Physiological Mechanism ◽  
Ammonium Salts ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium Ob3b ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium ◽  
Methane Consumption ◽  
Pure Cultures ◽  
Methane Concentrations

ABSTRACT Additions of ammonium and non-ammonium salts inhibit atmospheric methane consumption by soil at salt concentrations that do not significantly affect the soil water potential. The response of soils to non-ammonium salts has previously raised questions about the mechanism of ammonium inhibition. Results presented here show that inhibition of methane consumption by non-ammonium salts can be explained in part by ion-exchange reactions: cations desorb ammonium, with the level of desorption varying as a function of both the cation and anion added; differential desorption results in differential inhibition levels. Differences in the extent of inhibition among ammonium salts can also be explained in part by the effects of anions on ammonium exchange. In contrast, only minimal effects of cations and anions are observed in liquid cultures of Methylosinus trichosporiumOB3b. The comparable level of inhibition by equinormal concentrations of NH4Cl and (NH4)2SO4and the insensitivity of salt inhibition to increasing methane concentrations (from 10 to 100 ppm) are of particular interest, since both of these patterns are in contrast to results for soils. The greater inhibition of methane consumption for NH4Cl than (NH4)2SO4 in soils can be attributed to increased ammonium adsorption by sulfate; increasing inhibition by non-ammonium salts with increasing methane concentrations can be attributed to desorbed ammonium and a physiological mechanism proposed previously for pure cultures.

scholarly journals Methanol Promotes Atmospheric Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophic Cultures and Soils

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 1091-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Benstead ◽  
G. M. King ◽  
H. G. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Methane Oxidation ◽  
Standard Errors ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium ◽  
Methane Consumption ◽  
Air Supply ◽  
Chemostat Cultures ◽  
Methane Uptake ◽  
Kinetics Of

ABSTRACT Two methanotrophic bacteria, Methylobacter albus BG8 and Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, oxidized atmospheric methane during batch growth on methanol. Methane consumption was rapidly and substantially diminished (95% over 9 days) when washed cell suspensions were incubated without methanol in the presence of atmospheric methane (1.7 ppm). Methanotrophic activity was stimulated after methanol (10 mM) but not methane (1,000 ppm) addition. M. albus BG8 grown in continuous culture for 80 days with methanol retained the ability to oxidize atmospheric methane and oxidized methane in a chemostat air supply. Methane oxidation during growth on methanol was not affected by methane deprivation. Differences in the kinetics of methane uptake (apparent Km andV max) were observed between batch- and chemostat-grown cultures. The V max and apparent Km values (means ± standard errors) for methanol-limited chemostat cultures were 133 ± 46 nmol of methane 108 cells−1 h−1and 916 ± 235 ppm of methane (1.2 μM), respectively. These values were significantly lower than those determined with batch-grown cultures (V max of 648 ± 195 nmol of methane 108 cells−1 h−1 and apparent Km of 5,025 ± 1,234 ppm of methane [6.3 μM]). Methane consumption by soils was stimulated by the addition of methanol. These results suggest that methanol or other nonmethane substrates may promote atmospheric methane oxidation in situ.

The response of methane consumption by pure cultures of methanotrophic bacteria to oxygen

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 925-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tie Ren ◽  
John A. Amaral ◽  
Roger Knowles
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Pure Culture ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Methanotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium ◽  
Methane Consumption ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Pure Cultures

The rates of CH4 oxidation by strains of groups I and II methanotrophs in pure culture were studied at various O2 concentrations from 0 to 63 % v/v. In the presence of nonlimiting dissolved CH4 and inorganic nitrogen, O2 concentrations from 0.45 to 20% v/v supported maximum rates of CH4 oxidation. The critical dissolved O2 concentration under our conditions was about 5.7 μM, below which O2 was limiting for CH4 oxidation. Concentrations of O2 up to 63% v/v depressed the activity of CH4 oxidation by ≥ 23%. We conclude that methanotrophs are not microaerophilic under the conditions of our experiments and that they have a high affinity for O2.Key words: CH4 oxidation, O2 response, Methylosinus trichosporium, Methylobacter luteus.

scholarly journals Methanobactin from Methylocystis sp. Strain SB2 Affects Gene Expression and Methane Monooxygenase Activity in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 2466-2473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farhan Ul-Haque ◽  
Bhagyalakshmi Kalidass ◽  
Alexey Vorobev ◽  
Bipin S. Baral ◽  
Alan A. DiSpirito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Methane Monooxygenase ◽  
Particulate Methane Monooxygenase ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium Ob3b ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium ◽  
Monooxygenase Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Soluble Methane Monooxygenase ◽  
A Subunit ◽  
Membrane Bound

ABSTRACTMethanotrophs can express a cytoplasmic (soluble) methane monooxygenase (sMMO) or membrane-bound (particulate) methane monooxygenase (pMMO). Expression of these MMOs is strongly regulated by the availability of copper. Many methanotrophs have been found to synthesize a novel compound, methanobactin (Mb), that is responsible for the uptake of copper, and methanobactin produced byMethylosinus trichosporiumOB3b plays a key role in controlling expression of MMO genes in this strain. As all known forms of methanobactin are structurally similar, it was hypothesized that methanobactin from one methanotroph may alter gene expression in another. WhenMethylosinus trichosporiumOB3b was grown in the presence of 1 μM CuCl2, expression ofmmoX, encoding a subunit of the hydroxylase component of sMMO, was very low.mmoXexpression increased, however, when methanobactin fromMethylocystissp. strain SB2 (SB2-Mb) was added, as did whole-cell sMMO activity, but there was no significant change in the amount of copper associated withM. trichosporiumOB3b. IfM. trichosporiumOB3b was grown in the absence of CuCl2, themmoXexpression level was high but decreased by several orders of magnitude if copper prebound to SB2-Mb (Cu-SB2-Mb) was added, and biomass-associated copper was increased. Exposure ofMethylosinus trichosporiumOB3b to SB2-Mb had no effect on expression ofmbnA, encoding the polypeptide precursor of methanobactin in either the presence or absence of CuCl2.mbnAexpression, however, was reduced when Cu-SB2-Mb was added in both the absence and presence of CuCl2. These data suggest that methanobactin acts as a general signaling molecule in methanotrophs and that methanobactin “piracy” may be commonplace.

The Ethylmalonyl-CoA Pathway for Methane-based Biorefineries: A Case Study of Using Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, an Alpha-proteobacterial Methanotroph, for Producing 2-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid and 1,3-Butanediol from Methane

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dung Hoang Anh Mai ◽  
Thu Thi Nguyen ◽  
Eun Yeol Lee
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Metabolism ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium Ob3b ◽  
Methylosinus Trichosporium ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Hydroxyisobutyric Acid ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Intermediates ◽  
Alpha Proteobacteria

The ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway is one of three known anaplerotic pathways that replenish tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and plays a major role in the carbon metabolism of many alpha-proteobacteria including Methylosinus...

scholarly journals Global stratospheric measurements of the isotopologues of methane from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 11171-11207
Author(s):  
E. M. Buzan ◽  
C. A. Beale ◽  
C. D. Boone ◽  
P. F. Bernath
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Fourier Transform Spectrometer ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Community Climate Model ◽  
Atmospheric Sinks ◽  
Chemistry Experiment ◽  
Methane Concentrations ◽  
Balloon Measurements

Abstract. This paper presents an analysis of observations of methane and its two major isotopologues, CH3D and 13CH4 from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite between 2004 and 2013. Additionally, atmospheric methane chemistry is modeled using the Whole Atmospheric Community Climate Model (WACCM). ACE retrievals of methane extend from 6 km for all isotopologues to 75 km for 12CH4, 35 km for CH3D, and 50 km for 13CH4. While total methane concentrations retrieved from ACE agree well with the model, values of δD–CH4 and δ13C–CH4 show a bias toward higher δ compared to the model and balloon-based measurements. Calibrating δD and δ13C from ACE using WACCM in the troposphere gives improved agreement in δD in the stratosphere with the balloon measurements, but values of δ13C still disagree. A model analysis of methane's atmospheric sinks is also performed.

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