title: [Physiological, biochemical, and cytological characteristics of a halotolerant and alkalitolerant methanotroph grown on methanol].
abstract: The halotolerant alkaliphilic methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense 5B is capable of growth at high methanol concentrations (up to 1.75 M). At optimal values of pH and salinity (pH 9.5 and 0.75% NaCl), the maximum growth rate on 0.25 M methanol (0.2 h-1) was twice as high as on methane (0.1 h-1). The maximum growth rate increased with increasing medium salinity and was lower at neutral than at alkaline pH. The growth of the bacterium on methanol was accompanied by a reduction in the degree of development of intracytoplasmic membranes, the appearance of glycogen granules in cells, and the accumulation of formaldehyde, formate, and an extracellular glycoprotein at concentrations of 1.2 mM, 8 mM, and 2.63 g/l, respectively. The glycoprotein was found to contain 23% protein and 77% carbohydrates, the latter being dominated by glucose, mannose, and aminosugars. The major amino acids were glutamate, aspartate, glycine, valine, and isoleucine. The glycoprotein content rose to 5 g/l when the concentration of potassium nitrate in the medium was augmented tenfold. The activities of sucrose-6-phosphate synthase, glycogen synthase, and NADH dehydrogenase in methanol-grown cells were higher than in methane-grown cells. The data obtained suggest that the high methanol tolerance of M. buryatense 5B is due to the utilization of formaldehyde for the synthesis of sucrose, glycogen, and the glycoprotein and to the oxidation of excess reducing equivalents through the respiratory chain.
authors.affiliation: Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
authors.forename: B Ts
authors.initials: BTs
authors.lastname: Eshinimaev
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Khmelenina
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Sakharovskiĭ
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Suzina
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Trotsenko
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D003470:Culture Media; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D005561:Formates / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism; D008772:Methylococcaceae / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005561:Formates; D006023:Glycoproteins; C030544:formic acid; D005557:Formaldehyde; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D006003:Glycogen; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; C022698:sucrose-phosphate synthase; D008697:Methane; D000432:Methanol