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Type of microorganism that uses methane as a carbon source
Methanotrophs (sometimes called methanophiles) are prokaryotes that metabolize methane as their source of carbon and chemical energy. They are bacteria
Methanotroph
Potential method of reducing climate change
chlorine radicals (0-5% of the total sink). The rest is consumed by methanotrophs and other methane-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soils (~5%). Chemical
Atmospheric_methane_removal
Methane (CH4) in Earth's atmosphere
sinks for atmospheric methane because soils are optimally moist for methanotroph activity, and the movement of gases between soil and atmosphere (soil
Atmospheric_methane
Hydrocarbon compound (CH4) in natural gas
These other organisms that utilize methane for energy are known as methanotrophs ('methane-eating'), and are the main reason why little methane generated
Methane
US-based biotechnology firm
Calysta had operated a demonstration plant in Teesside, England, that used methanotroph bacteria to convert methane into FeedKind® single cell protein under
Calysta
Species of bacterium
hansonii, also called Antarctic budding methanotroph AM6, is a species of psychrophilic, group I methanotrophs, named after microbiologist Richard S. Hanson
Methylosphaera_hansonii
Species of bacterium
which was isolated from forest soil in Germany. It is a facultative methanotroph. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de Straininfo of Methylocapsa aurea Dunfield, P. F.;
Methylocapsa_aurea
Species of bacterium
non-pigmented, non-motile, rod-shaped and methane-oxidizing facultative methanotroph. As an aerobic methanotrophic bacteria, Methylocella spp use methane
Methylocella_silvestris
Species of bacterium
in Russia. In contrast to most known Methanotrophs Methyloferula stellata is an aerobic acidophilic methanotroph. This makes it similar to Methylocella
Methyloferula_stellata
Family of bacteria
methane, called methanotrophs. They comprise the type I methanotrophs, in contrast to the Methylocystaceae or type II methanotrophs. They belong to Gammaproteobacteria
Methylococcaceae
Bacteria species
Niftrik, Laura (15 January 2012). "Ultrastructure of the Denitrifying Methanotroph 'Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera,' a Novel Polygon-Shaped Bacterium"
Methylomirabilis_oxyfera
Cave in Constanța County, Romania
lake water samples reveal an equally complex microbial ecosystem of methanotrophs and sulfur-oxidizers, providing substrates to support life for microbes
Movile_Cave
Species of bacterium
the bacterium could help in bioremediation treatments. As a type II methanotroph, M. trichosporium relies on methane as its primary source of carbon and
Methylosinus_trichosporium
Species of bacterium
Methylocystis hirsuta is a Gram-negative, aerobic and methanotroph bacterium species from the genus of Methylocystis which has been isolated from a groundwater
Methylocystis_hirsuta
Family of bacteria
methane. Such bacteria are called methanotrophs, and in particular the Methylocystaceae comprise the type II methanotrophs, which are structurally and biochemically
Methylocystaceae
Microorganisms that use one-carbon compounds as main carbon source
degrade the greenhouse gas methane, and in this case they are called methanotrophs. The abundance, purity, and low resource cost of methanol compared to
Methylotroph
American farmer, lecturer, and author (born 1957)
Good for Country, Critters, and Kids (2023). ISBN 978-1-7336866-3-1 Methanotroph Permaculture Regenerative agriculture "High Priest of the Pasture," New
Joel_Salatin
Class of enzymes
ammonia monooxygenase are integral membrane proteins, occurring in methanotrophs and ammonia oxidisers, respectively, which are thought to be related
Methane_monooxygenase
Phylum of bacteria
links the global carbon and nitrogen cycles, and thus denitrifying methanotrophs in the NC10 phylum may influence methane content in the atmosphere.
NC10_phylum
Species of bacterium
Methylopila oligotropha is a methanotroph bacterium species from the genus of Methylopila which has been isolated from a groundwater aquifer. LPSN lpsn
Methylosinus_sporium
Topics referred to by the same term
ANME may refer to: Anaerobic methanotroph, a type of microorganism associated with the anaerobic oxidation of methane Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas
ANME
Polycyclic organic compound having sterane as a core structure
prokaryotes, certain bacteria, including Methylococcus capsulatus, specific methanotrophs, myxobacteria, and the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus, are capable
Steroid
Organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments
scientists. Chemosynthesis Lithotroph Methanogen (feeds on hydrogen) Methanotroph RISE project – expedition that discovered high-temperature vent communities
Chemotroph
Actions to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate change
Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics approach"
Climate_change_mitigation
Methane-water lattice compound
releases in Laptev Sea are typically consumed within the sediment by methanotrophs. Areas with high sedimentation (top) subject their microbial communities
Methane_clathrate
Fissure in a planet's surface from which heated water emits
while some symbionts reduce sulfur compounds, others are known as "methanotrophs" and reduce carbon compounds, namely methane. Bathmodiolid mussels are
Hydrothermal_vent
Biological oxidation of ammonia/ammonium to nitrate
similar kinetic turnover rates to methane monooxygenase (MMO) found in methanotrophs, indicating that MMO is a similar catalyst to AMO for the purpose of
Nitrification
Conversion of natural gas to liquid petroleum products
the existence of methanotrophs, microorganisms that metabolize methane as their only source of carbon and energy. Aerobic methanotrophs harbor enzymes that
Gas_to_liquids
Meteorological hypothesis
releases in Laptev Sea are typically consumed within the sediment by methanotrophs. Areas with high sedimentation (top) subject their microbial communities
Clathrate_gun_hypothesis
Order of bacteria
genera Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium. Species of the Methylocystaceae are methanotrophs; they use methanol (CH3OH) or methane (CH4) as their sole energy and
Hyphomicrobiales
Organism type
and methane, with organisms that subsist on the latter being named methanotrophs. Aerotrophy is increasingly recognized as common in numerous terrestrial
Autotroph
Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics approach"
Environmental impact of agriculture
Environmental_impact_of_agriculture
Class of marine arthropods
Shana K. (2025). "Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as a source of nutrition for deep-sea methane seep Sericosura"
Sea_spider
"Putative filamentous microfossils," possibly of methanogens and/or methanotrophs that lived about 3.42-billion-year-old in "a paleo-subseafloor hydrothermal
Earliest_known_life_forms
Family of bacteria
soils. Together with Methylocystaceae they are alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Beijerinckiaceae". List of Prokaryotic names
Beijerinckiaceae
Species of bacterium
fumariolicum was found to be more oxygen sensitive than most Pseudomonadota methanotrophs, probably due to the fact that it uses nitrogenase during nitrogen fixation
Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum
Methylacidiphilum_fumariolicum
Formation of methane by microbes
Anaerobic oxidation of methane Electromethanogenesis Hydrogen cycle Methanotroph Mootral Katz B. (2011). "Microbial processes and natural gas accumulations"
Methanogenesis
American microbiologist
Cometabolic Biotransformation of Trichloroethylene and Chloroform by Methanotrophs: Experimental Studies and Modeling of Toxicity and Sorption Effects (1991)
Lisa_Alvarez-Cohen
Species of bacterium
extreme acidophilic phenotype M. infernorum is unique between all known methanotrophs. It has a single circular chromosome of 2,287,145 base pairs. Under
Methylacidiphilum_infernorum
Crater Lake in Maharashtra, India
S. (2010). "Temporal bacterial diversity and detection of putative methanotrophs in surface mats of Lonar crater lake". Journal of Basic Microbiology
Lonar_Lake
Species of bacterium
found in a peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs, for which a new genus was described. It is aerobic, Gram-negative,
Methylocella_palustris
Chemical compound
identified important biosynthetic intermediate allowing bacteria (e.g., methanotrophs) use of methylated amines as carbon and nitrogen source for growth (and
Γ-Glutamylmethylamide
Gases produced by decomposing organic matter
environments by methanogens, but is mostly consumed in aerobic zones by methanotrophs. Methane emissions result when the balance favors methanogens. Wetland
Biogas
Phylum of bacteria
Maqsudul (2008). "Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial
Verrucomicrobiota
Release of methane in the Arctic
almost the entire ice sheet surface (98.6%). The findings indicate that methanotrophs could serve as a biological methane sink in the subglacial ecosystem
Arctic_methane_emissions
Impact of farming animals on the environment
Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics approach"
Environmental impacts of animal agriculture
Environmental_impacts_of_animal_agriculture
Region of soil or substrate comprising the root microbiome
the spatial and temporal locations of species and the rhizosphere. In methanotrophs, proximity to higher-density roots and the surface is important and
Rhizosphere
Class of enzymes
methane, therefore removing it from the environment. Such organisms are methanotrophs. This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those
Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase
Coenzyme-B_sulfoethylthiotransferase
Balanced growth of nutritional substances and their distribution
Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics approach"
Sustainable_food_system
Joshi, C.G. (2015). "Exploring diet-dependent shifts in methanogen and methanotroph diversity in the rumen of Mehsani buffalo by a metagenomics approach"
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
Greenhouse_gas_emissions_from_agriculture
Bacteria using nitrate and nitrite as a terminal electron acceptor
oxyfera, which is a species of bacteria that acts as a denitrifying methanotroph. The results from the study on Lake Constance found that nitrate was
Denitrifying_bacteria
Wetland terrain without forest cover, dominated by living, peat-forming plants
below the water table level, while some of that methane is oxidised by methanotrophs above the water table level. Therefore, changes in water table level
Peatland
Lake that is strongly alkaline
S. (2010). "Temporal bacterial diversity and detection of putative methanotrophs in surface mats of Lonar crater lake". Journal of Basic Microbiology
Soda_lake
Methane formed and found in water
and methylamines (CH3NH2). Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) by methanotrophs can occur within anoxic sediments. Aquatic methane oxidation efficiency
Aquatic_methane
Microbial process in anoxic marine and freshwater sediments
The archaeal partner is abbreviated ANME, which stands for "anaerobic methanotroph". ANME's are very closely related to methanogenic archaea and recent
Anaerobic oxidation of methane
Anaerobic_oxidation_of_methane
Type of microorganism that produces methane as a waste product
Methane clathrate Methanogens in digestive tract of ruminants Methanopyrus Methanotroph Ernst, Leonard; Steinfeld, Benedikt; Barayeu, Uladzimir; Klintzsch, Thomas;
Methanogen
Life in the deep subsurface of the Earth
Atribacteria", sulfate-reducing bacteria, and fermenters, methanogens and methanotrophs in Archaea. Fungi are less diverse than in abyssal plains, mainly including
Deep_biosphere
Biochemical pathways used by microbes to satisfy energy needs
methylotrophs include the bacteria Methylomonas and Methylobacter. Methanotrophs are a specific type of methylotroph that are also able to use methane
Microbial_metabolism
Biochemist, microbiologist, and academic (born 1987)
Philipp A. (November 29, 2020). "Termite mounds contain soil-derived methanotroph communities kinetically adapted to elevated methane concentrations".
Chris_Greening
Order of methanogenic archaea
order Methanosarcinales were initially abbreviated as ANME (anaerobic methanotrophs) to distinguich from aerobic methanotrophic bacteria. Currently, those
Methanosarcinales
Study of the relationship of microorganisms with their environment
example, methanogens produce methane by reducing CO2 to CH4, while methanotrophs oxidise methane back to CO2. Amensalism (also commonly known as antagonism)
Microbial_ecology
Species of bacterium
Liebner, Susanne (1 October 2015). "Methylocapsa palsarum sp. nov., a methanotroph isolated from a subArctic discontinuous permafrost ecosystem". International
Methylocapsa_palsarum
Species of bacterium
bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Methylocella_tundrae
Species of bacterium
flagellum used for motility. This species of Methylomonas is an obligate methanotroph. It is also psychrophilic. M. scandinavica has an optimal temperature
Methylomonas_scandinavica
Species of bacterium
Nolan, M.; Pitluck, S.; Woyke, T. (2011). "Genome Sequence of the Arctic Methanotroph Methylobacter tundripaludum SV96". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (22):
Methylobacter_tundripaludum
Species of bacterium
scientific evidences indicate that a subset group of methylotrophs, the methanotrophs, play huge roles in global warming and groundwater contamination. According
Methylobacillus_flagellatus
Species of bacterium
(2005). "First Genome Data from Uncultured Upland Soil Cluster Alpha Methanotrophs Provide Further Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship to Methylocapsa
Methylocapsa_acidiphila
Specialized anatomy and physiology of bacteria
eukaryotes, bacterial membranes (with some exceptions e.g. Mycoplasma and methanotrophs) generally do not contain sterols. However, many microbes do contain
Bacterial_cell_structure
Patterns of low tree density in northern Canada
to differentiate the phenomenon from fairy rings. Geobacter spp. and methanotrophs, such as Candidatus Methylomirabilis and Methylobacter, were highly
Forest_ring
monooxygenase contains copper. It is membrane-bound enzyme present in methanotrophs. Methane monooxygenase Shiemke AK, Cook SA, Miley T, Singleton P (August
Methane monooxygenase (particulate)
Methane_monooxygenase_(particulate)
Class of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota
believed to be a widespread and essential community in the oceans. Methanotrophs, such as the order Methylococcales, metabolize methane as sole energy
Gammaproteobacteria
Group of stereoisomers
copper-binding and reducing chromophoric peptides initially identified in the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus Bath - and later in Methylosinus trichosporium
Methanobactin
Sources of methane gas in Earth's atmosphere
landfills, experiments in which nutrients were added to the soil to allow methanotrophs to thrive have been conducted. These nutrient supplemented landfills
Methane_emissions
Species of archaea that oxidizes methane
Rasigraf, Olivia; Vaksmaa, Annika (2018). "Response of the Anaerobic Methanotroph "Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens" to Oxygen Stress". Applied
Methanoperedens_nitroreducens
characterization of diaminobutyrate acetyltransferase from the halotolerant methanotroph Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z". Biochemistry. 70 (8). Mosc: 878–83
Diaminobutyrate acetyltransferase
Diaminobutyrate_acetyltransferase
Species of bacterium
monooxygenase closely related to soluble methane monooxygenase from methanotrophs. It was originally described as Pseudomonas butanovora in 1980. Following
Thauera_butanivorans
sulfate-reducing bacteria, Desulfosarcinales, and methane-eating archaea, anaerobic methanotroph (ANME-2), consortia. These organisms have a syntrophic interaction. Other
Sulfate-methane transition zone
Sulfate-methane_transition_zone
American microbiologist
(2016) XoxF acts as the predominant methanol dehydrogenase in the type I methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense. American Society for Microbiology 8 (198)
Mary_Lidstrom
Genus of bacteria
2015). "Draft Genome Sequence of Methyloferula stellata AR4, an Obligate Methanotroph Possessing Only a Soluble Methane Monooxygenase". Genome Announcements
Methyloferula
"putative filamentous microfossils", possibly of methanogens and/or methanotrophs, that lived about 3.42-billion-year-old in "a paleo-subseafloor hydrothermal
2021_in_science
Class of enzymes
function of the lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase XoxF from the methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1C". Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Methanol_dehydrogenase
Study of interactions between Earth and the biosphere
oxidizing methane and is present in all aerobic methane-oxidizers, or methanotrophs. The presence of DNA sequences of the pmo gene in the environment can
Geobiology
Biogeochemical cycle of sulfur
organic matter degradation. Syntrophic aggregates of sulfate reducers and methanotrophs have been discovered and the underlying mechanisms observed include
Sulfur_cycle
Study of the hydrogen isotopes fractionation
than that of the surrounding water. The δD values of fatty acids in methanotrophs living in seawater lie between −50 and −170‰, and that of sterols and
Hydrogen isotope biogeochemistry
Hydrogen_isotope_biogeochemistry
Species of bacterium
but it can develop in co-culture with exopolysaccharide-producing methanotrophs by utilization of their capsular material. Bryocella elongata is an
Bryocella_elongata
Species of bacterium
S. (1 July 2011). "Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism in the Type II Methanotroph Methylocystis parvus OBBP". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77
Methylocystis_parvus
Organism that metabolizes molecular hydrogen
hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria. Those that metabolize methane are called methanotrophs. Hydrogenotrophs belong to a group of organisms known as methanogens
Hydrogenotroph
American chemist
monooxygenases. Methane monooxygenases are enzymes that occur in bacteria called methanotrophs. The primary function of this enzyme is the hydroxylation of methane
Stephen_J._Lippard
Undersea unicellular organisms
symbiotic relationship. Here, methane-oxidizing bacteria refers to methanotrophs, which are not the same as methanogens: Methanococcus and Methanocaldococcus
Hydrothermal vent microbial communities
Hydrothermal_vent_microbial_communities
Species of bacterium
produce animal feed from natural gas. Methylococcus capsulatus is a Type I methanotroph, meaning that it is a member of the Gammaproteobacteria and that it utilizes
Methylococcus_capsulatus
Family of single-celled organisms
also inside the ciliate cells themselves. Most of these bacteria are methanotrophs, which can use methane coming from the hydrothermal vents as a source
Folliculinidae
Transition from full glacial conditions during ice ages to warm interglacial conditions
in 2014 suggests that below Greenland's Russell Glacier's ice sheet, methanotrophs could serve as a biological methane sink for the subglacial ecosystem
Deglaciation
American bioinformatician
microbes. In particular, she found that sites with a high diversity of methanotrophs, or bacteria that oxidize methane, have more stable levels of methane
Tracy_Teal
Species of bacterium
General Microbiology 77.1 (1973): 7-33. Dunfield, Peter F., et al. "The Methanotrophs-The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae." The Prokaryotes:
Methylorubrum_rhodesianum
Class of chemical compounds
methanotrophy based on culture experiments and co-occurrence with aerobic methanotrophs in the environment. As such, the presence of 3-methylhopanes, together
Hopanoids
Species of bacterium
облигатных метанотрофов [Isolation and properties of new strains of obligate methanotrophs]. Микробиология (Microbiology) (in Russian). 46 (5): 890–897. PMID 600092
Methylocystis_echinoides
Organisms that assimilate formate or formic acid
Dependent on Intracellular pH Homeostasis for the Thermoacidophilic Methanotroph Methylacidiphilum sp. RTK17.1". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 651744
Formatotrophs
Genus of sea spiders
Shana K. (July 2025). "Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as a source of nutrition for deep-sea methane seep Sericosura"
Sericosura
of anaerobic methane oxidation suggest that GDGT-0 is produced via methanotrophs. In microbiology literature not dealing with the geological record,
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether
Glycerol_dialkyl_glycerol_tetraether
Geologic formation in Częstochowa, Poland
atoms, that are related with synthesized by methane oxidizing bacteria. Methanotrophs commonly occur in environments where methane is produced, and implicates
Blanowice_Formation
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