title: Growth and enzymological characteristics of a pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium sp. MB1.
abstract: Growth characteristics of batch and continuous cultures of the pink facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium sp. MB1 were determined. The response of a chemostat culture to a pulse increase of methanol concentration was studied. Malate, succinate and oxaloacetate additions to the methanol-supplemented medium decreased batch culture growth inhibition by methanol. The carotenoid content in cells grown in a chemostat decreased with increasing growth rate. The key enzyme activities of C1-metabolism were measured in a chemostat culture at different dilution rates.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Baev
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kuznetsov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Skladnev
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Govorukhina
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Sterkin
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Tsygankov
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis; D003470:Culture Media; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D007700:Kinetics; D000432:Methanol / Q000032:analysis; D010858:Pigmentation
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D002338:Carotenoids; D000432:Methanol