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J Bacteriol, May 1998, p. 2676-2681, Vol. 180, No. 10
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation and Characterization of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Delta H Mutants Unable To Grow under Hydrogen-Deprived Conditions

Jeroen L. A. Pennings,* Jan T. Keltjens, and Godfried D. Vogels

Department of Microbiology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 9 September 1997/Accepted 18 March 1998

By using random mutagenesis and enrichment by chemostat culturing, we have developed mutants of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum that were unable to grow under hydrogen-deprived conditions. Physiological characterization showed that these mutants had poorer growth rates and growth yields than the wild-type strain. The mRNA levels of several key enzymes were lower than those in the wild-type strain. A fed-batch study showed that the expression levels were related to the hydrogen supply. In one mutant strain, expression of both methyl coenzyme M reductase isoenzyme I and coenzyme F420-dependent 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase was impaired. The strain was also unable to form factor F390, lending support to the hypothesis that the factor functions in regulation of methanogenesis in response to changes in the availability of hydrogen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-24-3653219. Fax: 31-24-3553450. E-mail: pennings{at}sci.kun.nl.

J Bacteriol, May 1998, p. 2676-2681, Vol. 180, No. 10
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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