Hovik Panosyan

Dr. Hovik Panosyan

Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, 0025 Yerevan, Armenia

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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 August 2015 in Microorganisms
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TITajul Islam
Tajul Islam
ØLØivind Larsen
Øivind Larsen
VTVigdis Torsvik
Vigdis Torsvik
LØLise Øvreås
Lise Øvreås
HPHovik Panosyan
Hovik Panosyan
LBLevente Bodrossy
Levente Bodrossy
Terrestrial methane seeps and rice paddy fields are important ecosystems in the methane cycle. Methanotrophic bacteria in these ecosystems play a key role in reducing methane emission into the atmosphere. Here, we describe three novel methanotrophs, designated BRS-K6, GFS-K6 and AK-K6, which were recovered from three different habitats in contrasting geographic regions and ecosystems: waterlogged rice-field soil and methane seep pond sediments from Bangladesh; and warm spring sediments from Armenia. All isolates had a temperature range for growth of 8–35 °C (optimal 25–28 °C) and a pH range of 5.0–7.5 (optimal 6.4–7.0). 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that they were new gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs, which form a separate clade in the family Methylococcaceae. They fell into a cluster with thermotolerant and mesophilic growth tendency, comprising the genera Methylocaldum-Methylococcus-Methyloparacoccus-Methylogaea. So far, growth below 15 °C of methanotrophs from this cluster has not been reported. The strains possessed type I intracytoplasmic membranes. The genes pmoA, mxaF, cbbL, nifH were detected, but no mmoX gene was found. Each strain probably represents a novel species either belonging to the same novel genus or each may even represent separate genera. These isolates extend our knowledge of methanotrophic Gammaproteobacteria and their physiology and adaptation to different ecosystems.

30 April 2013 in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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BHBrian Hedlund
Brian Hedlund
JDJeremy Dodsworth
Jeremy Dodsworth
JCJessica K. Cole
Jessica K. Cole
HPHovik Panosyan
Hovik Panosyan

16 April 2014 in Journal of Basic Microbiology
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HPHovik Panosyan
Hovik Panosyan
NBNils‐Kåre Birkeland
Nils‐Kåre Birkeland