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VIOLOGEN DYE INHIBITION OF METHANE FORMATION BY METHANOBACILLUS OMELIANSKII
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Wolin
, E. A. (University of Illinois, Urbana), R. S.
Wolfe, and M. J. Wolin
. Viologen dye inhibition of methane formation by
Methanobacillus omelianskii
. J. Bacteriol.
87:
993–998. 1964.—Low concentrations of methyl or benzyl viologen inhibit the formation of CH
4
from ethanol and CO
2
by washed cells of
Methanobacillus omelianskii
. Hydrogen, which is normally formed from ethanol, accumulates in greater quantities when CH
4
formation is inhibited by viologens. The viologens do not stimulate H
2
formation from ethanol in the absence of CO
2
. Inhibition of CH
4
formation by the viologens is not reversed by H
2
. A variety of other dyes and possible electron acceptors were tested for inhibition, and none was inhibitory in the same low-concentration range at which the viologens were effective.
Title: VIOLOGEN DYE INHIBITION OF METHANE FORMATION BY
METHANOBACILLUS OMELIANSKII
Description:
Wolin
, E.
A.
(University of Illinois, Urbana), R.
S.
Wolfe, and M.
J.
Wolin
.
Viologen dye inhibition of methane formation by
Methanobacillus omelianskii
.
J.
Bacteriol.
87:
993–998.
1964.
—Low concentrations of methyl or benzyl viologen inhibit the formation of CH
4
from ethanol and CO
2
by washed cells of
Methanobacillus omelianskii
.
Hydrogen, which is normally formed from ethanol, accumulates in greater quantities when CH
4
formation is inhibited by viologens.
The viologens do not stimulate H
2
formation from ethanol in the absence of CO
2
.
Inhibition of CH
4
formation by the viologens is not reversed by H
2
.
A variety of other dyes and possible electron acceptors were tested for inhibition, and none was inhibitory in the same low-concentration range at which the viologens were effective.
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