title: Effect of Monensin on Growth and Methanogenesis of Methanobacterium formicicum.
abstract: Monensin inhibited methanogenesis from formate but not from H(2)-CO(2) by resting-cell suspensions of Methanobacterium formicicum. The antibiotic severely inhibited growth on formate. The lag phase of H(2)-CO(2)-grown cultures was prolonged by monensin, but these cultures recovered from the initial inhibition. The recovery did not result from the development of a monensin-resistant population or inactivation of the antibiotic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaerobic Microbiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dellinger
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ferry