This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Jarrell, K. F.
Right arrow Articles by Hamilton, E. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Jarrell, K. F.
Right arrow Articles by Hamilton, E. A.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Jarrell, K. F.
Right arrow Articles by Hamilton, E. A.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 July; 50(1): 179-182
Copyright © 1985, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Effect of Gramicidin on Methanogenesis by Various Methanogenic Bacteria

Ken F. Jarrell* and Elizabeth A. Hamilton

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

ABSTRACT

Methanogenesis by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strains was extremely sensitive to gramicidin, total inhibition being observed at 0.2 µg/ml. In contrast, methane synthesis by Methanococcus voltae, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanosarcina mazei, and Methanospirillum hungatei were resistant to the highest concentrations of gramicidin tested (40 µg/ml), although spheroplasts of Methanospirillum hungatei were extremely sensitive. Other species tested showed intermediate sensitivity to gramicidin, methanogenesis inhibition occurring at 4 to 20 µg/ml.

FOOTNOTES

* Corresponding author.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 July; 50(1): 179-182
Copyright © 1985, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»