Methanogenic bacteria, including an Acid-tolerant strain, from peatlands.
Five pure cultures of methanogenic bacteria were isolated from Minnesota peatlands by enrichment culture techniques. One strain, identified as a member of the family Methanobacteriaceae by antigenic fingerprinting, was acid tolerant and able to produce methane at pH 3.1. Growth could not be demonstrated at pH less than 5.3.
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Roy F. Weston Co., Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380, and Gray Freshwater Biological Institute and Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Navarre, Minnesota 55392.
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