Abundance and diversity of methanotrophic Gammaproteobacteria in northern wetlands
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Numeric abundance, identity, and pH preferences of methanotrophic Gammaproteobacteria (type I methanotrophs) inhabiting the northern acidic wetlands were studied. The rates of methane oxidation by peat samples from six wetlands of European Northern Russia (pH 3.9-.7) varied from 0.04 to 0.60 μg CH4 g? peat h?. The number of cells revealed by hybridization with fluorochrome labeled probes M84 + M705 specific for type I methanotrophs was 0.05-.16 × 105 cells g? dry peat, i.e., 0.4-2.5% of the total number of methanotrophs and 0.004-.39% of the total number of bacteria. Analysis of the fragments of the pmoA gene encoding particulate methane monooxygenase revealed predominance of the genus Methylocystis (92% of the clones) in the studied sample of acidic peat, while the proportion of the pmoA sequences of type I methanotrophs was insignificant (8%). PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene fragments of type I methanotrophs with TypeIF-Type IR primers had low specificity, since only three sequences out of 53 analyzed belonged to methanotrophs and exhibited 93-9% similarity to those of Methylovulum, Methylomonas, and Methylobacter species. Isolates of type I methanotrophs obtained from peat (strains SH10 and 83A5) were identified as members of the species Methylomonas paludis and Methylovulum miyakonense, respectively. Only Methylomonas paludis SH10 was capable of growth in acidic media (pH range for growth 3.8-.2 with the optimum at pH 5.8-.2), while Methylovulum miyakonense 83A5 exhibited the typical growth characteristics of neutrophilic methanotrophs (pH range for growth 5.5-.0 with the optimum at pH 6.5-.5).

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