Methylobacterium populi sp nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34)

Benoit Van Aken; Caroline M. Peres; Sharon Lafferty Doty; Jong Moon Yoon; Jerald L. Schnoor

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02796-0

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Methylobacterium populi sp nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34)

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Methylobacterium populi sp nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34)

Benoit Van Aken, Caroline M. Peres, Sharon Lafferty Doty, Jong Moon Yoon and Jerald L. Schnoor

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol.54(4), pp.1191-1196

07/01/2004

DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02796-0

PMID: 15280290

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A pink-pigmented, aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium, strain BJ001T, was isolated from internal poplar tissues (Populus deltoides×nigra DN34) and identified as a member of the genus Methylobacterium. Phylogenetic analyses showed that strain BJ001T is related to Methylobacterium thiocyanatum, Methylobacterium extorquens, Methylobacterium zatmanii and Methylobacterium rhodesianum. However, strain BJ001T differed from these species in its carbon-source utilization pattern, particularly its use of methane as the sole source of carbon and energy, an ability that is shared with only one other member of the genus, Methylobacterium organophilum. In addition, strain BJ001T is the only member of the genus Methylobacterium to be described as an endophyte of poplar trees. On the basis of its physiological, genotypic and ecological properties, the isolate is proposed as a member of a novel species of the genus Methylobacterium, Methylobacterium populi sp. nov. (type strain, BJ001T=ATCC BAA-705T=NCIMB 13946T).

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Title: Subtitle: Methylobacterium populi sp nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34)
Creators: Benoit Van Aken
Caroline M. Peres
Sharon Lafferty Doty
Jong Moon Yoon
Jerald L. Schnoor
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol.54(4), pp.1191-1196
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02796-0
PMID: 15280290
NLM abbreviation: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
ISSN: 1466-5026
Grant note: This is a contribution of the W. M. Keck Phytotechnology Laboratory at the University of Iowa, supported by a gift from the W. M. Keck Foundation. We thank SERDP (Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program award number 02 CU13-17) for financial support. We acknowledge C. S. Harwood (University of Iowa, IA,USA) and M. E. Lidstrom (University of Washington, WA, USA) for relevant discussion.
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2004
Academic Unit: Civil and Environmental Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health
Record Identifier: 9983557374502771

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