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Ro, Soo Y, and Amy C Rosenzweig. “Recent Advances in the Genetic Manipulation of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.” Methods in enzymology vol. 605 (2018): 335-349. doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.011 |
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Classification
Domain:Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Methylocystaceae
Genus: Methylosinus
Species
Methylosinus trichosporium (strain ATCC35070)
Description and significance
Methylosinus trichosporium is a gram negative, aerobic bacteria. This bacteria is found in the soil or in groundwater as well. Trichosporium is a bacteria that relies on methane as a source of carbon and energy. This bacteria not only helps by consuming and getting rid of methane it also serves another purpose as a cometabolism of polyhydroxybutyrate.
16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Information
Genome Structure (if the genome exists)
The 16S rRNA sequencing of The genome structure methylosinus trichosporium was sequenced, assembled, and annotated by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institut. 44 contigs and 9 scaffolds was assembled from Roche 454-FLX, 454-std, 454-Titanium PE, and Illumina Solexa reads using Velvet (21). Automatic annotation was done using the Prokaryotic Dynamic Programming Genefinding Algorithm. Genome is 4.9 Mbp in size, contains 66% G+C, and encodes a single rRNA operon
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Current Research
Current research is underway for "Methylosinus trichosporium" it is currently being studied for multiple things such as methane assimilation, copper accumulation, and metal-dependent gene expression. "Methylosinus trichosporium" has shown to express both sMMO and pMMO, methanobactin (Dassama et al.,2017) and can express two distinct MDHs, the calcium-binding MxaF and the lanthanide-binding XoxF (Haque. Kalidass, et al., 2015).
References
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00040/full#h10=Author=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylosinus_trichosporium#:~:text=Methylosinus%20trichosporium%20is%20an%20obligate,ability%20to%20oxidize%20methane%2C%20M.
Ro, Soo Y, and Amy C Rosenzweig. “Recent Advances in the Genetic Manipulation of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.” Methods in enzymology vol. 605 (2018): 335-349. doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.011