title: Secretion of flavins by three species of methanotrophic bacteria.
abstract: We detected flavins in the growth medium of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylocystis species strain M. Flavin secretion correlates with growth stage and increases under iron starvation conditions. Two other methanotrophs, Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), secrete flavins, suggesting that flavin secretion may be common to many methanotrophic bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Ramakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.forename: Benjamin T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Levinson
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D005415:Flavins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D020619:Methylococcus capsulatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D042083:Methylocystaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D020602:Methylosinus trichosporium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D017262:Siderophores / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005415:Flavins; D007093:Imidazoles; D009842:Oligopeptides; D017262:Siderophores; C491147:methanobactin