Methylobacterium radiotolerans

Methylobacterium radiotolerans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Hyphomicrobiales
Family:
Methylobacteriaceae
Genus:
Methylobacterium
Binomial name
Methylobacterium radiotolerans
corrig. (Ito and Iizuka 1971) Green and Bousfield 1983
Synonyms
  • Pseudomonas radiora Ito and Iizuka 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Methylobacterium radiora (Ito and Iizuka 1971) Green and Bousfield 1983

Methylobacterium radiotolerans is a radiation-tolerating Gram-negative bacterium.[1] It has been shown that it can use lanthanide as a cofactor to increase its methanol dehydrogenase activity[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, eds. (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6..
  2. ↑ Hibi Y, Asai K, Arafuka H, Hamajima M, Iwama T, Kawai K (May 2011). "Molecular structure of La3+-induced methanol dehydrogenase-like protein in Methylobacterium radiotolerans". Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 111 (5): 547–549. doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.12.017. PMID 21256798.
  3. ↑ Cotruvo JA (September 2019). "The Chemistry of Lanthanides in Biology: Recent Discoveries, Emerging Principles, and Technological Applications". ACS Central Science. 5 (9): 1496–1506. doi:10.1021/acscentsci.9b00642. PMC 6764073. PMID 31572776.
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