Identification of methyl halide-utilizing genes in strain IMB-1, a methyl bromide-utilizing bacterium suggests a high degree of conservation of methyl halide-specific genes in gram-negative bacteria
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
By: C.A. Woodall, K.L. Warner, R.S. Oremland, J.C. Murrell, and I.R. McDonald
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Abstract
Strain IMB-1, an aerobic methylotrophic member of the alpha subgroup of the Proteobacteria, can grow with methyl bromide as a sole carbon and energy source. A single cmu gene cluster was identified in IMB-1 that contained six open reading frames: cmuC, cmuA, orf146, paaE, hutI, and partial metF. CmuA from IMB-1 has high sequence homology to the methyltransferase CmuA from Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum and contains a C-terminal corrinoid-binding motif and an N-terminal methyl-transferase motif. However, cmuB, identified in M. chloromethanicum and H. chloromethanicum, was not detected in IMB-1.
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Woodall, C., Warner, K., Oremland, R., Murrell, J., McDonald, I., 2001, Identification of methyl halide-utilizing genes in strain IMB-1, a methyl bromide-utilizing bacterium suggests a high degree of conservation of methyl halide-specific genes in gram-negative bacteria: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 67, no. 4, p. 1959-1963, https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.4.1959-1963.2001.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Identification of methyl halide-utilizing genes in strain IMB-1, a methyl bromide-utilizing bacterium suggests a high degree of conservation of methyl halide-specific genes in gram-negative bacteria |
| Series title | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
| DOI | 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1959-1963.2001 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ASM |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 1959 |
| Last page | 1963 |