Influence of corrinoid antagonists on methanogen metabolism
Iodopropane inhibited cell growth and methane production when Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Methanobacterium formicicum, and Methanosarcina barkeri were cultured on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/. Iodopropane (40 ..mu..M) inhibited methanogenesis (30%) and growth (80%) when M. barkeri was cultured mixotrophically on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/-methanol. The addition of acetate to the medium prevented the observed iodopropane-dependent inhibition of growth. Cultivation of M. barkeri on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/-methanol in bright light also inhibited growth and methanogenesis to a greater extent in the absence than in the presence of acetate in the medium. Acetate was the only organic compound examined that prevented iodopropane-dependent inhibition of one-carbon metabolism in M. barkeri. The effect of iodopropane and acetate on the metabolic fates of methanol and carbon dioxide was determined with /sup 14/C tracers when M. barkeri was grown mixotrophically on H/sub 2/-CO/sub 2/-methanol. The corrinoid antagonists, light and iodopropane, appeared most specific for methanogen metabolic reactions involved in acetate synthesis from one-carbon compounds and acetate catabolism.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
- OSTI ID:
- 6497162
- Journal Information:
- J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Vol. 146:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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