title: Efficient L-serine production from methanol and glycine by resting cells of Methylobacterium sp. strain MN43.
abstract: Resting cells of methanol-utilizing microorganisms isolated from soils were examined for L-serine production under conditions in which L-serine-degradation was suppressed. Strain MN43, a facultative methylotrophic bacterium identified as a Methylobacterium sp., was selected for further studies. Under the optimal conditions, 65 mg/ml L-serine was produced by this bacterium from 50 mg/ml glycine and 104 mg/ml methanol in 5 days, with a molar conversion ratio from glycine to L-serine of 93%. This production is the highest so far reported for microbes producing L-serine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Hagishita
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumi
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authors.lastname: Mitsunaga
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D003470:Culture Media; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D012694:Serine / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D012694:Serine; D005998:Glycine; D000432:Methanol