title: Methane and trichloroethylene oxidation by an estuarine methanotroph, Methylobacter sp. strain BB5.1.
abstract: An estuarine methanotroph was isolated from sediment enrichments and designated Methylobacter sp. strain BB5.1. In cells grown on medium with added copper, oxidation of methane and trichloroethylene occurred with similar Ks values, but the Vmax for trichloroethylene oxidation was only 0.1% of the methane oxidation Vmax. Cells grown on low-copper medium did not oxidize trichloroethylene and showed a variable rate of methane oxidation.
authors.affiliation: W. M. Keck Laboratories of Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Costello
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lidstrom
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000494:pharmacology; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D008772:Methylococcaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D014241:Trichloroethylene / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014241:Trichloroethylene; D003300:Copper; D010105:Oxygenases; C021555:methane monooxygenase; D008697:Methane