Boden, Rich, Thomas, Elizabeth, Savani, Parita, Kelly, Donovan P. and Woodbine, Ann P. . (2008) Novel methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the River Thames (London, UK). Environmental Microbiology , Vol.10 (No.12). pp. 3225-3236. ISSN 1462-2912

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Abstract

Enrichment and elective culture for methylotrophs from sediment of the River Thames in central London yielded a diversity of pure cultures representing several genera of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, which were mainly of organisms not generally regarded as typically methylotrophic. Substrates leading to successful isolations included methanol, monomethylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, methanesulfonate and dimethylsulfone. Several isolates were studied in detail and shown by their biochemical and morphological properties and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to be Sphingomonas melonis strain ET35, Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans strain DSQ3, Rhodococcus erythropolis strain DSQ4, Brevibacterium casei strain MSQ5, Klebsiella oxytoca strains MMA/F and MMA/1, Pseudomonas mendocina strain TSQ4, and Flavobacterium sp. strains MSA/1 and MMA/2. The results show that facultative methylotrophy is present across a wide range of Bacteria, suggesting that turnover of diverse C1-compounds is of much greater microbiological and environmental significance than is generally thought. The origins of the genes encoding the enzymes of methylotrophy in diverse heterotrophs need further study, and could further our understanding of the phylogeny and antiquity of methylotrophic systems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Methylotrophic microorganisms, Thames River (England)
Journal or Publication Title:	Environmental Microbiology
Publisher:	Blackwell
ISSN:	1462-2912
Date:	3 August 2008
Volume:	Vol.10
Number:	No.12
Page Range:	pp. 3225-3236
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01711.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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