title: [Research progress and discovery process of facultative methanotrophs--a review].
abstract: Facultative methanotrophs are a group of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms characterized by their ability to use methane and some other compounds containing C-C bond as their sole source of carbon and energy. Recently, which belong to the facultative methanotrophs in the genera Methylocella, Methylocapsa and Methylocystis, which belong to the Alphaproteobacteria, have been reported that can grow on larger organic acids or ethanol for some species, as well as methane. In this paper, the research history of facultative methanotrophs was summarized systematically, some other facultative methane-oxidizing microorganisms were introduced, the metabolic mechanisms of utilizing multi-carbon compounds by facultative methanotrophs were analyzed, and the current problems and the future engineering applications were discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400050, China. tiantaozhao@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tiantao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400050, China.
authors.forename: Zhilin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400050, China.
authors.forename: Lijie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D052818:Autotrophic Processes; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D008697:Methane