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Effect of H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/ on methanogenesis from acetate or methanol in Methanosarcina spp

Journal Article · · Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5334441
Growth of Methanosarcina sp. strain 227 and Methanosarcina mazei on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/ and mixtures of H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/ and acetate or methanol was examined. The growth yield of strain 227 on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/ in complex medium was 8.4 mg/mmol of methane produced. Growth in defined medium was characteristically slower, and cell yields were proportionately lower. Labeling studies confirmed that CO/sub 2/ was rapidly reduced to CH/sub 4/ in the presence of H/sub 2/, and little acetate was used for methanogenesis until H/sub 2/ was exhausted. This resulted in a biphasic pattern of growth similar to that reported for strain 227 grown on methanol-acetate mixtures. Biphasic growth was not observed in cultures on mixtures of H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/ and methanol, and less methanol oxidation occurred in the presence of H/sub 2/. In M. mazei the aceticlastic reaction was also inhibited by the added H/sub 2/, but since the cultures did not immediately metabolize H/sub 2/, the duration of the inhibition was much longer.
Research Organization:
Div. of Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
OSTI ID:
5334441
Journal Information:
Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States) Vol. 46:2; ISSN AEMID
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English