methanotrophn.
/mᵻˈθanə(ʊ)trəʊf/, /ˈmɛθənəˌtrəʊf/, U.S. /məˈθænəˌtroʊf/ Microbiology.
Any of a group of aerobic bacteria capable of utilizing methane as a carbon and energy source. Cf. methylotroph n.
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methanogen1976
methanotroph1976
1976 Y. 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.
1979 Soc. Gen. Microbiol. Q. 6 71 The capacity to dechlorinate is an unexpected property of a methanotroph.
1989 Nature 28 Sept. 315/2 Laboratory studies indicate that oxidation of CH4 by a variety of methanotrophs is competitively inhibited by nitrogen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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