2,6,10,15,19-pentamethylicosenes in Methanolobus bombayensis, a marine methanogenic archaeon
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1997
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Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Schouten, S.
Maarel, M.J.E.C. van der
Huber, R.
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2,6,10,15,19-Pentamethylicosenes (PMEs) containing three to five double bonds have been found in the methanogenic archaea Methanosarcina mazei (DSM 3338), a strain isolated from sewage sludge, and in Methanolobus bombayensis (OCM 438), a non-extremophilic archaeon isolated from a marine sediment. This finding gives additional support for the use of compounds with the PME carbon skeleton as markers for methanogenic activity in marine environments