title: Methylotrophy in freshwater Beggiatoa alba strains.
abstract: Two freshwater strains of the gammaproteobacterium Beggiatoa alba, B18LD and OH75-2a, are able to use methanol as a sole carbon and energy source under microoxic conditions. Genes encoding a methanol dehydrogenase large-subunit homolog and four enzymes of the tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent C(1) oxidation pathway were identified in B18LD. No evidence of methanotrophy was detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Talia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jewell
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Huston
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D053524:Beggiatoa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010802:Phylogeny; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019641:alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor); D000432:Methanol