Characterization of Species of Marine Methylotrophs of the Genus Methylophaga
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Vol. 37 (4) , 402-406
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-37-4-402
Abstract
The marine methanol-utilizing bacteria in the genus Methylophaga are obligately methylotrophic, but some strains utilize D-fructose in addition to methanol. The deoxyribonucleic acid base composition of these organisms ranges from 43.0 to 49.0 mol% guanine plus cytosine. Their cellular fatty acids consist predominantly of large amounts of straight-chain saturated C16:0 acid and unsaturated C16:1 acid. Methylophaga strains are distinguished from Methylobacillus strains by their tolerance to sodium chloride and their deoxyribonucleic acid base composition and from Methylomonas and Methylococcus strains by their utilization of methane, their tolerance to sodium chloride, and their deoxyribonucleic acid base composition.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Methylophaga marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylophaga thalassica sp. nov., Marine MethylotrophsInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 1985
- Electrophoretic comparison of enzymes in the gram negative methanol-utilizing bacteria.The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 1981