Genetic and phenotypic comparison of facultative methylotrophy between methylobacterium extorquens strains PA1 and AM1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Nayak, Dipti D ^a   Marx, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLAMINE; RNA 16S; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMATES; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANOL; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 84925486525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107887     Document Type: Article

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