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The Methylotrophic Bacteria

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The Prokaryotes

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Three groups of microbes are considered here: the methane utilizers, the methanol utilizers, and the carbon monoxide utilizers. The methane utilizers (methanotrophs) appear to be composed of distinctive groups of bacteria with properties that set them apart from the majority of other microbes. The methanol utilizers (methylotrophs a term that also includes the methanotrophs) are a disparate group. While sharing certain metabolic pathways concerned with the utilizers of methanol and other C1 compounds, they can differ radically in other properties, e.g., some are prokaryotes and some eukaryotes. The carbon monoxide oxidizers are largely an unexplored group of microbes, and a generally accepted view of their biology has yet to be formulated.

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  1. Roger Whittenbury
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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

  2. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, 8580, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Stolp

  3. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 5300, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Trüper

  4. Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, 30333, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Albert Balows

  5. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, 3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Schlegel

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Whittenbury, R., Dalton, H. (1981). The Methylotrophic Bacteria. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_71

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