| NCIMB number | NCIMB 11132 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Methylococcus capsulatus |
| Depositor designation | TRMC MCBATH |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Other catalogue information | Thermotolerant |
| Price band | B |
| Media | 131 |
| Gas regime | CH4/Air/CO2 9:9:2 |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | NMS, 45C, 5d: good/fair growth, isoluble pigment |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth/Shiny |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | White/Pale Yellow |
| Colony Opacity | Semi Translucent |
| Cellular Shape | Coccus |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Pairs/Clumps |
| Cellular Motility | No |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Cellular (Other) | Some Bloated Coccobacillary, Azotobacter Type Cysts |
| Depositor Name | R.Whittenbury |
| Depositor Company | University of Warwick |
| Depositor Address | School of Biological Sciences Coventry U.K. |
| Isolated by | R.Whittenbury |
| Date of Isolation | 01/01/1974 |
| Date of Accession | 01/11/1974 |
| Other collection IDs | ACM3302 ATCC33009 IMET10544 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Whittenbury R., Phillips K.C. and Wilkinson J.F. (1970) J. gen. Microbiol. 61 pp205-218 Romanovskaya et al (1978) Microbiology 47 pp120-130 Kinship in the SRP RNA family, RNA Biol 6(5), 508-516, 2009 The tmRDB and SRPDB resources, Nucleic Acids Res 34(Databaseissue), D163-D168, 2006 Desulfurella acetivorans, a thermophilic, acetate-oxidizing and sulfur-reducing organism, represents a distinct lineage within the Proteobacteria, Syst Appl Microbiol 16, 373-379, 1993 The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae, Int J Syst Bacteriol 45(1), 182-185, 1995 Distribution of tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent enzymes in methylotrophic bacteria and phylogeny of methenyl tetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolases, J Bacteriol 181(18), 5750-5757, 1999 Cytochrome P460 genes from the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus bath, J Bacteriol 180(24), 6440-6445, 1998 Enrichment, isolation and some properties of methane-utilizing bacteria, J Gen Microbiol 61(2), 205-218, 1970 Expression of individual copies of Methylococcus capsulatus bath particulate methane monooxygenase genes, J Bacteriol 183(5), 1810-1812, 2001 Genes involved in the copper-dependent regulation of soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis, Microbiology 149(7), 1785-1795, 2003 Genomic insights into methanotrophy: the complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), PLoS Biol 2(10), e303, 2004 High-molecular-mass multi-c-heme cytochromes from Methylococcus capsulatus bath, J Bacteriol 181(3), 991-997, 1999 Molecular analysis of an outer membrane protein, MopB, of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and structural comparisons with proteins of the OmpA family, Arch Microbiol 173(5-6), 346-351, 2000 Molecular characterization of structural genes coding for a membrane bound hydrogenase in Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), FEMS Microbiol Lett 205(2), 203-207, 2001 Particulate methane monooxygenase genes in methanotrophs, J Bacteriol 177(11), 3071-3079, 1995 Role of multiple gene copies in particulate methane monooxygenase activity in the methane-oxidizing bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus Bath, Microbiology 145 ( Pt 5), 1235-1244, 1999 Squalene-hopene cyclase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): a bacterium producing hopanoids and steroids, Biochim Biophys Acta 1391(2), 223-232, 1998 The methanol dehydrogenase structural gene mxaF and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs and methylotrophs, Appl Environ Microbiol 63(8), 3218-3224, 1997 |
| NCIMB number | NCIMB 11132 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Methylococcus capsulatus |
| Depositor designation | TRMC MCBATH |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Other catalogue information | Thermotolerant |
| Price band | B |
| Media | 131 |
| Gas regime | CH4/Air/CO2 9:9:2 |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | NMS, 45C, 5d: good/fair growth, isoluble pigment |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth/Shiny |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Convex |
| Colony Colour | White/Pale Yellow |
| Colony Opacity | Semi Translucent |
| Cellular Shape | Coccus |
| Cellular Arrangement | Singly/Pairs/Clumps |
| Cellular Motility | No |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Cellular (Other) | Some Bloated Coccobacillary, Azotobacter Type Cysts |
| Depositor Name | R.Whittenbury |
| Depositor Company | University of Warwick |
| Depositor Address | School of Biological Sciences Coventry U.K. |
| Isolated by | R.Whittenbury |
| Date of Isolation | 01/01/1974 |
| Date of Accession | 01/11/1974 |
| Other collection IDs | ACM3302 ATCC33009 IMET10544 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Whittenbury R., Phillips K.C. and Wilkinson J.F. (1970) J. gen. Microbiol. 61 pp205-218 Romanovskaya et al (1978) Microbiology 47 pp120-130 Kinship in the SRP RNA family, RNA Biol 6(5), 508-516, 2009 The tmRDB and SRPDB resources, Nucleic Acids Res 34(Databaseissue), D163-D168, 2006 Desulfurella acetivorans, a thermophilic, acetate-oxidizing and sulfur-reducing organism, represents a distinct lineage within the Proteobacteria, Syst Appl Microbiol 16, 373-379, 1993 The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae, Int J Syst Bacteriol 45(1), 182-185, 1995 Distribution of tetrahydromethanopterin-dependent enzymes in methylotrophic bacteria and phylogeny of methenyl tetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolases, J Bacteriol 181(18), 5750-5757, 1999 Cytochrome P460 genes from the methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus bath, J Bacteriol 180(24), 6440-6445, 1998 Enrichment, isolation and some properties of methane-utilizing bacteria, J Gen Microbiol 61(2), 205-218, 1970 Expression of individual copies of Methylococcus capsulatus bath particulate methane monooxygenase genes, J Bacteriol 183(5), 1810-1812, 2001 Genes involved in the copper-dependent regulation of soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): cloning, sequencing and mutational analysis, Microbiology 149(7), 1785-1795, 2003 Genomic insights into methanotrophy: the complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), PLoS Biol 2(10), e303, 2004 High-molecular-mass multi-c-heme cytochromes from Methylococcus capsulatus bath, J Bacteriol 181(3), 991-997, 1999 Molecular analysis of an outer membrane protein, MopB, of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and structural comparisons with proteins of the OmpA family, Arch Microbiol 173(5-6), 346-351, 2000 Molecular characterization of structural genes coding for a membrane bound hydrogenase in Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), FEMS Microbiol Lett 205(2), 203-207, 2001 Particulate methane monooxygenase genes in methanotrophs, J Bacteriol 177(11), 3071-3079, 1995 Role of multiple gene copies in particulate methane monooxygenase activity in the methane-oxidizing bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus Bath, Microbiology 145 ( Pt 5), 1235-1244, 1999 Squalene-hopene cyclase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath): a bacterium producing hopanoids and steroids, Biochim Biophys Acta 1391(2), 223-232, 1998 The methanol dehydrogenase structural gene mxaF and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs and methylotrophs, Appl Environ Microbiol 63(8), 3218-3224, 1997 |