Enrichment, isolation and some properties of methane-utilizing bacteria.

@article{Whittenbury1970EnrichmentIA,
  title={Enrichment, isolation and some properties of methane-utilizing bacteria.},
  author={Roger Whittenbury and Katherine C. Phillips and John Frederick Wilkinson},
  journal={Journal of general microbiology},
  year={1970},
  volume={61 2},
  pages={
          205-18
        }
}
SUMMARY More than 100 Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, methane-utilizing bacteria were isolated. All used only methane and methanol of the substrates tested for growth. The organisms were classified into five groups on the basis of morphology, fine structure, and type of resting stage formed (exospores and different types of cysts) and into subgroups on other properties. Methods of enrichment, isolation and culture are described. 
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