Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus MIR, a Methanotroph Capable of Growth on Methanol.
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SUBMITTER: Oshkin IY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep
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Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus MIR, a Methanotroph Capable of Growth on Methanol.
Oshkin Igor Y IY Suleimanov Ruslan Z RZ Khmelenina Valentina N VN Mardanov Andrey V AV Pimenov Nikolai V NV Dedysh Svetlana N SN
Microbiology resource announcements 20220817 9
Methylococcus capsulatus MIR is an aerobic methanotroph that was isolated from an activated sludge sample and is capable of growth on methanol. The finished genome of strain MIR is 3.2 Mb in size. It encodes both MxaFI and XoxF methanol dehydrogenases, as well as three different isozymes of formate dehydrogenase. ...[more]
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