Methylobacterium radiotolerans explained

Methylobacterium radiotolerans is a radiation-tolerating Gram-negative bacterium.^[1] It has been shown that it can use lanthanide as a cofactor to increase its methanol dehydrogenase activity^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum
• Methylorubrum extorquens

External links

• Methylobacterium radiotolerans NCBI
• Type strain of Methylobacterium radiotolerans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Book: Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT . 2005 . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. . New York, New York . Springer . 978-0-387-24145-6. .
2. Hibi Y, Asai K, Arafuka H, Hamajima M, Iwama T, Kawai K . Molecular structure of La3+-induced methanol dehydrogenase-like protein in Methylobacterium radiotolerans . Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering . 111 . 5 . 547–549 . May 2011 . 21256798 . 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.12.017 .
3. Keltjens . Jan T. . Pol . Arjan . Reimann . Joachim . Op den Camp . Huub J. M. . May 13, 2014 . PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenases: rare-earth elements make a difference . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology . en . 98 . 14 . 6163–6183 . 10.1007/s00253-014-5766-8 . 24816778 . 253773622 . 0175-7598. 2066/130452 . free .