Strain PM2, a novel methylotrophic fluorescent Pseudomonas sp.
A novel bacterial strain, PM2, capable of growing on methanol, was isolated in alkaline conditions from a soil inoculum. This bacterium was characterized at the physiological, biochemical and molecular level. Based on biochemical and molecular data strain PM2 was classified as a novel member of the group of fluorescent pseudomonads. Evidence for the presence of a pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-linked alcohol dehydrogenase in this organism is presented. Strain PM2 is, to our knowledge, the first example of a methylotrophic Pseudomonas to be characterized in detail. This novel type of metabolism in Pseudomonas broadens even further the metabolic versatility for which this genus is renowned.
Pacheco
Catarina C
CC
Cellular and Applied Microbiology group, IBMC, University of Porto, R. do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180, Porto, Portugal.
Passos
João F
JF
Moradas-Ferreira
Pedro
P
De Marco
Paolo
P
D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C048312:polyvinyl-alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor); C048311:polyvinyl alcohol oxidase; D000432:Methanol