Methylobacterium radiotolerans

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]

Methylobacterium radiotolerans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
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

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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