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Science 16 September 1983:
Vol. 221. no. 4616, pp. 1147 - 1153
DOI: 10.1126/science.221.4616.1147
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Methylotrophic Bacteria: Biochemical Diversity and Genetics

Christopher L. Haber 1, Larry N. Allen 1, Shujie Zhao 2, and Richard S. Hanson 3

1 Gray Freshwater Biological Institute, University of Minnesota, Navarre 55392.
2 Visiting scholar at the Institute from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
3 Director of the Institute.

Bacteria that are able to use methane as a sole carbon and energy source also carry out a broad range of biotransformations, some of which have industrial and environmental significance. Genetic studies on methylotrophs, including the use of recombinant DNA techniques, show promise for the isolation and cloning of genes coding for specific functions.

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