Open AccessSystematics of methanol‐utilizing bacteria
Author(s) -
Komagata Kazuo
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04927.x
Subject(s) - facultative , taxon , methanol , bacteria , phylogenetic tree , biology , methanol dehydrogenase , ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , chemistry , genetics , gene , organic chemistry
Aerobic, Gram‐negative methanol‐utilizing bacteria that do not utilize methane are divided into 11 taxa. Two taxa are obligatedor restricted facultative methanol utilizers and nine taxa are facultative methanol utilizers. The phylogenetic relationship within the methanol utilizers is discussed on the basis of 16 S and 5 S ribosomal RNA sequences.