Title

Bacterial physiology: A function for redundancy.

Authors

Jones, Susan

Abstract

The article reports on the use of flux analysis to show that methylobacteria metabolize formaldehyde by routing it through two different pathways. 14C-labelled CH3OH was used and the rate of methanol oxidation assimilation of chlorine units and carbon dioxide production was analyzed to monitor the flux of carbon through metabolism.

Subjects

BACTERIAL physiology; AEROBIC bacteria; METHYLOBACTERIACEAE; METABOLISM; METHANOL; CARBON dioxide

Publication

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 3, p193

ISSN

1740-1526

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nrmicro1114