Secretion of flavins by three species of methanotrophic bacteria.

ABSTRACT: We detected flavins in the growth medium of the methanotrophic bacterium Methylocystis species strain M. Flavin secretion correlates with growth stage and increases under iron starvation conditions. Two other methanotrophs, Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), secrete flavins, suggesting that flavin secretion may be common to many methanotrophic bacteria.

SUBMITTER: Balasubramanian R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2976244 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature