| 释义 |
methanotroph, n. Microbiol.|mɛˈθænətrəʊf|
[f. methane n. + -o1 + trophic a.]
A micro-organism, esp. an archaebacterium, that can utilize methane as a source of carbon and energy.
1976Y. A. Trotsenko in H. G. Schlegel et al. Symposium on Microbial Production & Utilization of Gases 334 No activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase could be detected in any of the type II methanotrophs. 1979Soc. Gen. Microbiol. Q. VI. 71 The capacity to dechlorinate is an unexpected property of a methanotroph. 1989Nature 28 Sept. 315/2 Laboratory studies indicate that oxidation of CH4 by a variety of methanotrophs is competitively inhibited by nitrogen.
Hence methanoˈtrophic a.
1975Mikrobiologiya XLIV. 850 Pure cultures of obligate methanotrophic bacteria were isolated from natural habitats and cultivated on media containing silica gel. 1979I. J. Higgins in J. R. Quayle Microbial Biochem. vii. 301 Natural gas contains gaseous hydrocarbons other than methane and at least some will be partially oxidized by methanotrophic cooxidative metabolism. 1991Barnes & Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) x. 207/2 Like the sulphur-oxidizing bacteria, these methanotrophic bacteria are aerobic. |