Methanotrophic community structure of aged refuse and its capability formethane bio-oxidation
Juan Mei , Li Wang , Dan Han , Youcai Zhao
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Received June 23, 2010,Revised August 16, 2010, Accepted , Available online
Volume 23,2011,Pages 868-874
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Aged refuse from waste landfills closed for eight years was examined and found to contain rich methanotrophs capable of biooxidation
for methane. Specially, community structure and methane oxidation capability of methanotrophs in the aged refuse were
studied. The amount of methanotrophs ranged 61.97 103–632.91 103 cells/g (in dry basis) in aged refuse from Shanghai Laogang
Landfill. Type I and II methanotrophs were found in the aged refuse in the presence of sterilized sewage sludge and only Type I
methanotrophs were detected in the presence of nitrate minimal salt medium (NMS). The clone sequences of the pmoA gene obtained
from the aged refuse were similar to the pmoA gene of Methylobacter, Methylocaldum, and Methylocystis, and two clones were distinct
with known genera of Type I methanotrophs according to phylogenetic analysis. Aged refuse enriched with NMS was used for methane
biological oxidation and over 93% conversions were obtained.
