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. 2014 Jul;22(7):368-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.004. Epub 2014 May 26.

Methylocella: a gourmand among methanotrophs

Peter F Dunfield  1 , Svetlana N Dedysh  2
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Methylocella: a gourmand among methanotrophs

Peter F Dunfield et al. Trends Microbiol. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

A recent article in Nature describes the ability of Methylocella silvestris to grow simultaneously on methane and longer chain alkanes, something never before observed in the microbial world. It adds to a growing list of unique metabolic traits that distinguish Methylocella from any other bacterium.

Keywords: alkane; facultative methanotroph; methane; methanotroph.

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