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Provedor de dados: 	Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)	
País: 	France	
Título: 	Glycine betaine as a direct substrate for methanogens (Methanococcoides spp.)	
Autores: 	Watkins, Andrew J.; Roussel, Erwan; Parkes, R. John; Sass, Henrik.	
Data: 	2014-01	
Ano: 	2014	
Resumo: 	Nine marine methanogenic Methanococcoides strains, including the type strains of M. methylutens, M. burtonii and M. alaskense, were tested for the utilization of N-methylated glycines. Three strains (NM1, PM2 and MKM1) used glycine betaine (N,N,N-trimethylglycine) as a substrate for methanogenesis, partially demethylating it to N,N-dimethylglycine, whereas none of the strains used N,N-dimethylglycine or sarcosine (N-methylglycine). Growth rates and growth yields per mol of substrate with glycine betaine (3.96 g dw per mol) were similar to those with trimethylamine (4.11 g dw per mol). However, as glycine betaine is only partially demethylated, the yield per methyl group was significantly higher than with trimethylamine. If glycine betaine and trimethylamine are provided together, trimethylamine is demethylated to dimethyl- and methylamine with limited glycine betaine utilization. After trimethylamine is depleted, dimethylamine and glycine betaine are consumed rapidly, before methylamine. Glycine betaine extends the range of substrates that can be directly utilized by some methanogens allowing them to gain energy from this substrate without the need for syntrophic partners.	
Tipo: 	Text	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00161/27235/25443.pdf

DOI:10.1128/AEM.03076-13	
Editor: 	Amer Soc Microbiology	
Relação: 	http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00161/27235/	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Applied And Environmental Microbiology (0099-2240) (Amer Soc Microbiology), 2014-01 , Vol. 80 , N. 1 , P. 289-293	
Fonte: 	2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.