Methanotroph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane as a source of carbon and of energy.

    "Because heterotrophic bacteria rapidly outgrow methanotrophs in media supplemented with complex nutrients, most pure cultures of methanotrophs have been isolated using defined media without organic supplements."

Synonyms

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methanophile

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"Because heterotrophic bacteria rapidly outgrow methanotrophs in media supplemented with complex nutrients, most pure cultures of methanotrophs have been isolated using defined media without organic supplements."

Etymology

From methane + -o- + -troph.

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