Cohn's Crenothrix Is a Filamentous Methane Oxidizer with an Unusual Methane Monooxygenase
Cohn's Crenothrix Is a Filamentous Methane Oxidizer with an Unusual Methane Monooxygenase
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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135 years ago Ferdinand Cohn, the founder of bacteriology, microscopically observed a conspicuous filamentous bacterium with a complex life cycle and described it as Crenothrix polyspora. This uncultured bacterium is infamous for mass developments in drinking water systems, but its phylogeny and physiology remained unknown. We show that C. polyspor...
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Cohn's Crenothrix Is a Filamentous Methane Oxidizer with an Unusual Methane Monooxygenase
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1413686
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1413686
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0506361103
