Summary and
additional information:
<- T. Leisinger; DM4. Methylobacterium sp. given by depositor in 1991. Description as M. dichloromethanicum in 2000 (7990). Reclassification of M. dichloromethanicum and M. chloromethanicum as synonyme of M. extorquens in 2005. Soil. Switzerland. Taxonomy/description (7990, 7993, 10529). Sequence accession no. chromosome: FP103042.2, BioSample: SAMEA3138288, BioProject: PRJNA16093, plasmid p2METDI: FP103044, plasmid p1METDI: FP103043. Plasmid pME1510, pME1511, pME1512, pME1513. Plasmids pME1510, pME1511, pME1512, pME1513 (3921). Produces dichloromethane dehalogenase (3942, 3943, 7277). Methylotrophic. Utilizes dichloromethane (5224, 7277, 8552). Part of the MobiD database (41587). Part of the MetaCyc database (41588). Activity of XoxF-MDH crucial during cultivation with methanol (41589). (Medium 1 with 1% methanol, incubation time: 3-7 days, 30°C, aerobic or Medium 457 (after autoclaving add 10 mmol/l dichloromethane and/or methanol), incubation time: 3-7 days, 30°C, aerobic)
