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Bacteria that produce exopolysaccharides (EPS) and use methane as the only source of carbon were selected by studying a collection of methanotroph strains: Methylococcus capsulatusE 494, 874, and 3009; M. thermophilus111p, 112p, and 119p; Methylobacter ucrainicus159 and 161; M. luteus57v and 12b; Methylobactersp. 100; Methylomonas rubra15 sh and SK-32; Methylosinus trichosporiumOV3b, OV5b, and 4e; M. sporium5,12, A20d, and 90v; and Methylocystis parvusOVVP. Mesophilic methanotroph strains with the ribulose monophosphate way of C1-compound assimilation synthesized EPS more actively than bacteria operating the serine cycle. The dynamics of EPS synthesis by methanotrophs during chemostat cultivation was studied.
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Malashenko, Y.R., Pirog, T.P., Romanovskaya, V.A. et al. Search for Methanotrophic Producers of Exopolysaccharides. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology 37, 599–602 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012307202011
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