Thermotolerant Methanotrophic Bacteria from Sediments of the River Chernaya, Crimea, and Assessment of Their Growth Characteristics
Journal: Microbiology
Year: 2021

The technology of single-cell protein production from natural gas is based on using thermotolerant methanotrophic bacteria with high growth rates on methane. So far, the spectrum of strains used for industrial purposes was restricted to members of the genus Methylococcus. This poses limitations to further development of this technology and fuels the search for new cultures of fast-growing methanotrophs. The later task was addressed in the present work by analyzing the sediment samples of the Che