Correlation of methane production with physiological traits in IMS 101 grown with methylphosphonate at different temperatures.

The diazotrophic cyanobacterium has been recognized as a potentially significant contributor to aerobic methane generation via several mechanisms including the utilization of methylphophonate (MPn) as a source of phosphorus. Currently, there is no information about how environmental factors regulate methane production by . Here, we grew IMS101 at five temperatures ranging from 16 to 31°C, and found that its methane production rates increased with rising temperatures to peak (1.