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Facultative methanotrophs - diversity, genetics, molecular ecology and biotechnological potential: a mini-review.

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Author	Farhan Ul Haque, Muhammad Xu, Hui-Juan Murrell, J. Colin Crombie, Andrew
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) play a vital role in reducing atmospheric methane emissions, and hence mitigating their potent global warming effects. A significant proportion of the methane released is thermogenic natural gas, containing associated short-chain alkanes as well as methane. It was one hundred years following the description of methanotrophs that facultative strains were discovered and validly described. These can use some multi-carbon compounds in addition to methane, often small organic acids, such as acetate, or ethanol, although Methylocella strains can also use short-chain alkanes, presumably deriving a competitive advantage from this metabolic versatility. Here, we review the diversity and molecular ecology of facultative methanotrophs. We discuss the genetic potential of the known strains and outline the consequent benefits they may obtain. Finally, we review the biotechnological promise of these fascinating microbes.
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ISSN	13500872
Journal	Microbiology [Microbiology (Reading)]
Volume Number	166
DOI	10.1099/mic.0.000977
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7660913
Issue Number	10
PubMed reference number	33085587
e-ISSN	14652080
Language	English
Publisher	Microbiology Society
Publisher Date	2020-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution. © 2020 The Authors
Subject Keyword	biogeochemical cycling facultative methanotrophs Methane Methane monooxygenase Methylocella Methylocystis Methylocapsa
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Microbiology

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