Bacteria that use one-carbon compounds as main carbon source
Methylotrophs are a diverse group of microorganisms that can use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol or methane, as the carbon source for their growth; and multi-carbon compounds that contain no carbon-carbon bonds, such as dimethyl ether and dimethylamine. This group of microorganisms also includes those capable of assimilating reduced one-carbon compounds by way of carbon dioxide using the ribulose bisphosphate pathway.[1] These organisms should not be confused with methanogens which on the contrary produce methane as a by-product from various one-carbon compounds such as carbon dioxide.
Some methylotrophs can degrade the greenhouse gas methane, and in this case they are called methanotrophs. The abundance, purity, and low price of methanol compared to commonly used sugars make methylotrophs competent organisms for production of amino acids, vitamins, recombinant proteins, single-cell proteins, co-enzymes and cytochromes.
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Methylotrophs are a diverse group of microorganisms that can use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol or methane, as the carbon source for their...
"Methylobacterium phyllosphaerae sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, facultative methylotroph from the phyllosphere of rice". International Journal of Systematic and...
described from the lake. Noteworthy functional groups of microorganisms: Methylotrophs belonging to Methylomicrobium, Methylophaga and Bacillus species have...
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compounds as methane, methanol, and methylated amines on Earth. “In general methylotrophs can use green-house gases such as carbon dioxide and methane as substrates...
Methylibium petroleiphilum is a species of methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph, the type species of its genus. It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile...
Natural microbes do exist that can feed on formic acid or formate (see Methylotroph). Formic acid has been considered as a means of hydrogen storage. The...
colleagues extracted this prosthetic group from methanol dehydrogenase of methylotrophs and identified its molecular structure. Adachi and colleagues discovered...
bonds. Examples of methylotrophs include the bacteria Methylomonas and Methylobacter. Methanotrophs are a specific type of methylotroph that are also able...
ribbons and filaments. Most are heterotrophs with some facultative methylotrophs and chemolithoheterotrophs. Nitrosomonadales comprises the families...
thiosulfate and sulfide into sulfate and have key roles in the sulfur cycle. Methylotrophs such as Methylophilus oxidize compounds such as methanol into carbon...
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methanol dehydrogenase(EC 1.1.1.244) was first reported in a Gram-positive methylotroph and is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction: CH3OH + NAD+ ⇌...
"Bacterial metabolism of methylated amines and identification of novel methylotrophs in Movile Cave". The ISME Journal. 9 (1): 195–206. Bibcode:2015ISMEJ...
T (1997). "Cloning and analysis of methanol oxidation genes in the methylotroph Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 154 (2):...
single-carbon compounds that are more reduced than carbon dioxide. Some methylotrophs, however, can also make use of multi-carbon compounds; this differentiates...
often appear pink, and are classified as pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs, or PPFMs. The wild type has been known to use both methane and multiple...
Fernández Scavino, Ana; Shouche, Yogesh S; Murrell, J Colin (2010). "Active methylotrophs in the sediments of Lonar Lake, a saline and alkaline ecosystem formed...
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