METHANOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS ISOLATED FROM NORTH-SEA-OIL FIELD RESERVOIR WATER

Authors
NILSEN RK TORSVIK T
Citation
Rk. Nilsen et T. Torsvik, METHANOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS ISOLATED FROM NORTH-SEA-OIL FIELD RESERVOIR WATER, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(2), 1996, pp. 728-731
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
728 - 731
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:2<728:MTIFNF>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus ST22 was isolated from produced wat er of a North Sea oil field, on mineral medium with H-2-CO2 as the sol e source of carbon and energy. The isolate grew at 17 to 62 degrees C, with an optimum at 60 degrees C. The pH range was 4.9 to 9.8, with op timal growth at pH 5.1 to 5.9; these characteristics reflected its hab itat. Strain ST22 was quickly identified and distinguished from the ty pe strain by immuno-blotting.