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methanotroph en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English methane Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -troph English methanotroph From methane + -o- + -troph.

Meanings

1. Any bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane as a source of carbon and of energy.
   • In addition, some methanotrophs, such as the species of Methylococcus and Methylocaldum, lack distinctive fatty acid biomarkers. 2006, John Bowman, “Chapter 3.1.14: The Methanotrophs-The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae”, in Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt, editors, The Prokaryotes, Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses, 3rd edition, Springer, page 272:
   • Methanotrophs are fairly ubiquitous in soil, but two distinct types have been reported. 2007, David S. Reay, Keith A. Smith, C. Nick Hewitt, “9: Methane: Importance, Sources and Sinks”, in Dave Reay, editor, Greenhouse Gas Sinks, CABI, page 149:
   • Because heterotrophic bacteria rapidly outgrow methanotrophs in media supplemented with complex nutrients, most pure cultures of methanotrophs have been isolated using defined media without organic supplements. 1998, Richard S. Hanson, “6: Ecology of Methylotrophic Bacteria”, in Robert S. Burlage, editor, Techniques in Microbial Ecology, page 147:

Forms

Relateds

methanotrophy · methanotrophic · methylotroph

Synonyms

methanophile

Translations (2)

fr méthanotrophe (bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane) · de methanotroph (bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane)