Isolation of Novel Members of the Family Verrucomicrobiaceae from Methane-Oxidizing Enrichment Cultures and Description of Prosthecobacter flavus sp. nov.
It is revealed that members of this genus develop in methane-oxidizing enrichment cultures retrieved from freshwater sediments and apparently, development of these verrucomicrobia in methane-oxidizing enrichment cultures occurred due to the utilization of exopolysaccharides produced by methanotrophic bacteria.