Sterols in psychrophilic methanotroph, Methylosphaera hansonii
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 12:05authored bySchouten, S, John BowmanJohn Bowman, Rijpstra, IC, Sinninghe Dmaste, JS
A suite of six sterols, lanosterol, lanost-8(9)-en-3β-ol, 4,4-dimethylcholesta-8(14),24-dien-3β-ol, 4,4-dimethylcholest-8(14)-en-3β-ol, 4-methylcholesta-8(14),24-dien-3β-ol and 4-methylcholest-8(14)-en-3β-ol, were identified in the psychrophilic methanotrophic bacterium, Methylosphaera hansonii. Their presence suggests that the capacity for sterol biosynthesis in methanotrophic bacteria is limited to the family Methylococcaceae but which have widely different optimal growth temperatures. Copyright (C) 2000 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.
History
Publication title
FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume
186
Pagination
193-195
ISSN
0378-1097
Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)
Publisher
Elsevier Science BV
Place of publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)