Methylobacterium extorquens: methylotrophy and biotechnological applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 517-534

  Ochsner, Andrea M ^a   Sonntag, Frank ^b   Buchhaupt, Markus ^b   Schrader, Jens ^b   Vorholt, Julia A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DECHEMA FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Industrial biotechnology; Methanol; Methylobacterium extorquens; Methylotrophy

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEOMICS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; GENOME SCALE METABOLIC MODEL; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SOURCE; METABOLOMICS; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOTROPH; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLOMICS; METHANOL; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84925481389     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6240-3     Document Type: Review

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