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4 Application of Biocatalysts for the Production of Methanol …
59. Crombie AT, Murrell JC (2014) Trace-gas metabolic versatility of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris. Nature 510:148–151
60. Belova SE, Baani M, Suzina NE, Bodelier PL, Liesack W, Dedysh SN (2011) Acetate utilization as a survival strategy of peat-inhabiting Methylocystis spp. Environ Microbiol Rep
3:36–46
61. Im J, Lee SW, Yoon S, Dispirito AA, Semrau JD (2011) Characterization of a novel facultative
Methylocystis species capable of growth on methane, acetate and ethanol. Environ Microbiol
Rep 3:174–181
62. Dedysh SN, Liesack W, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Semrau JD, Bares
AM, Panikov NS, Tiedje JM (2000) Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new
methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of
serine-pathway methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 3:955–969
63. Stanley SH, Prior SD, Leak DJ, Dalton H (1983) Copper stress underlies the fundamental
change in intracellular location of methane monooxygenase in methane-oxidising organisms:
studies in batch and continuous cultures. Biotechnol Lett 5:487–492
64. Murrell JC, Gilbert B, McDonald IR (2000) Molecular biology and regulation of methane
monooxygenase. Arch Microbiol 173:325–332
65. Csáki R, Bodrossy L, Klem J, Murrell JC, Kovács KL (2003) Genes involved in the copperdependent regulation of soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylococcus capsulatus
(Bath): cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis. Microbiology 149:1785–1795
66. Scanlan J, Dumont MG, Murrell JC (2009) Involvement of MmoR and MmoG in the transcriptional activation of soluble methane monooxygenase genes in Methylosinus trichosporium
OB3b. FEMS Microbiol Lett 301:181–187
67. Semrau JD, Jagadevan S, DiSpirito AA, Khalifa A, Scanlan J, Bergman BH, Freemeier BC,
Baral BS, Bandow NL, Vorobev A, Haft DH, Vuilleumier S, Murrell JC (2013) Methanobactin
and MmoD work in concert to act as the ‘copper-switch’ in methanotrophs. Environ Microbiol
15:3077–3086
68. Kenney GE, Sadek M, Rosenzweig AC (2016) Copper-responsive gene expression in the
methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Metallomics 8:931–940
69. Dispirito AA, Semrau J, Murrell JC, Vuileumier S (2016) Methanobactin and the link between
copper and bacterial methane oxidation. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 80:387–409
70. Patel RN, Horse DS (1971) Physiological studies of methane and methanol-oxidising bacteria:
oxidation of C-1 compounds by Methylococcus capsulatus. J Bacteriol 107:187–192
71. Stiring DI, Dalton H (1978) Purification and properties of an NAD(P)+ -linked formaldehyde
dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). JGen Microbiol 107:19–29
72. Semrau JD, DiSpirito AA, Yoon S (2010) Methanotrophs and copper. FEMS Microbiol Rev
34:496–531
73. Myronova N, Kitmitto A, Collins RF, Miyaji A, Dalton H (2006) Three-dimensional structure determination of a protein supercomplex that oxidizes methane to formaldehyde in
Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Biochemistry 45:11905–11914
74. Culpepper MA, Rosenzweig AC (2014) Structure and protein-protein interactions of methanol
dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Biochemistry 53:6211–6219
75. Kalyuzhnaya MG, Puri AW, Lidstrom ME (2015) Metabolic engineering in methanotrophic
bacteria. Metab Eng 29:142–152
76. Trotsenko YA, Murrell JC (2008) Metabolic aspects of aerobic obligate methanotrophy. Adv
Appl Microbiol 63:183–229
77. Tonge GM, Harrison DE, Knowles CJ, Higgins IJ (1975) Properties and partial purification of
the methane-oxidising enzyme system from Methylosinus trichosporium. FEBS Lett 58:293–
299
78. Chistoserdova L, Lidstrom ME (2013) Aerobic methylotrophic prokaryotes. In: Rosenberg E,
DeLong EF, Thompson F, Lory S, Stackebrandt E (eds) The prokaryotes, 4th edn. Springer,
New York, pp 267–285
79. Smith TJ, Trotsenko YA, Murrell JC (2010) Physiology and biochemistry of the aerobic
methane oxidizing bacteria. In: Timmis KN (eds) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid
Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 765–779
4 Application of Biocatalysts for the Production of Methanol …
59. Crombie AT, Murrell JC (2014) Trace-gas metabolic versatility of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris. Nature 510:148–151
60. Belova SE, Baani M, Suzina NE, Bodelier PL, Liesack W, Dedysh SN (2011) Acetate utilization as a survival strategy of peat-inhabiting Methylocystis spp. Environ Microbiol Rep
3:36–46
61. Im J, Lee SW, Yoon S, Dispirito AA, Semrau JD (2011) Characterization of a novel facultative
Methylocystis species capable of growth on methane, acetate and ethanol. Environ Microbiol
Rep 3:174–181
62. Dedysh SN, Liesack W, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, Trotsenko YA, Semrau JD, Bares
AM, Panikov NS, Tiedje JM (2000) Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new
methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of
serine-pathway methanotrophs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 3:955–969
63. Stanley SH, Prior SD, Leak DJ, Dalton H (1983) Copper stress underlies the fundamental
change in intracellular location of methane monooxygenase in methane-oxidising organisms:
studies in batch and continuous cultures. Biotechnol Lett 5:487–492
64. Murrell JC, Gilbert B, McDonald IR (2000) Molecular biology and regulation of methane
monooxygenase. Arch Microbiol 173:325–332
65. Csáki R, Bodrossy L, Klem J, Murrell JC, Kovács KL (2003) Genes involved in the copperdependent regulation of soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylococcus capsulatus
(Bath): cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis. Microbiology 149:1785–1795
66. Scanlan J, Dumont MG, Murrell JC (2009) Involvement of MmoR and MmoG in the transcriptional activation of soluble methane monooxygenase genes in Methylosinus trichosporium
OB3b. FEMS Microbiol Lett 301:181–187
67. Semrau JD, Jagadevan S, DiSpirito AA, Khalifa A, Scanlan J, Bergman BH, Freemeier BC,
Baral BS, Bandow NL, Vorobev A, Haft DH, Vuilleumier S, Murrell JC (2013) Methanobactin
and MmoD work in concert to act as the ‘copper-switch’ in methanotrophs. Environ Microbiol
15:3077–3086
68. Kenney GE, Sadek M, Rosenzweig AC (2016) Copper-responsive gene expression in the
methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Metallomics 8:931–940
69. Dispirito AA, Semrau J, Murrell JC, Vuileumier S (2016) Methanobactin and the link between
copper and bacterial methane oxidation. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 80:387–409
70. Patel RN, Horse DS (1971) Physiological studies of methane and methanol-oxidising bacteria:
oxidation of C-1 compounds by Methylococcus capsulatus. J Bacteriol 107:187–192
71. Stiring DI, Dalton H (1978) Purification and properties of an NAD(P)+ -linked formaldehyde
dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). JGen Microbiol 107:19–29
72. Semrau JD, DiSpirito AA, Yoon S (2010) Methanotrophs and copper. FEMS Microbiol Rev
34:496–531
73. Myronova N, Kitmitto A, Collins RF, Miyaji A, Dalton H (2006) Three-dimensional structure determination of a protein supercomplex that oxidizes methane to formaldehyde in
Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Biochemistry 45:11905–11914
74. Culpepper MA, Rosenzweig AC (2014) Structure and protein-protein interactions of methanol
dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Biochemistry 53:6211–6219
75. Kalyuzhnaya MG, Puri AW, Lidstrom ME (2015) Metabolic engineering in methanotrophic
bacteria. Metab Eng 29:142–152
76. Trotsenko YA, Murrell JC (2008) Metabolic aspects of aerobic obligate methanotrophy. Adv
Appl Microbiol 63:183–229
77. Tonge GM, Harrison DE, Knowles CJ, Higgins IJ (1975) Properties and partial purification of
the methane-oxidising enzyme system from Methylosinus trichosporium. FEBS Lett 58:293–
299
78. Chistoserdova L, Lidstrom ME (2013) Aerobic methylotrophic prokaryotes. In: Rosenberg E,
DeLong EF, Thompson F, Lory S, Stackebrandt E (eds) The prokaryotes, 4th edn. Springer,
New York, pp 267–285
79. Smith TJ, Trotsenko YA, Murrell JC (2010) Physiology and biochemistry of the aerobic
methane oxidizing bacteria. In: Timmis KN (eds) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid
Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 765–779