Sph1 is an aerobic, obligate methanotroph, which was isolated from cold methane seeps in West Siberia. This bacterium possesses only a particulate methane monooxygenase and is widely distributed in low-temperature environments. Strain Sph1 has the genomic potential for biosynthesis of hopanoids required for the maintenance of intracytoplasmic membranes.
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