
Methane and Methanol Utilizers
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 9. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 286 pages
978-1-4899-2340-0 (ISBN)
Description
Methane and its oxidation product, methanol, have occupied an important position in the chemical industry for many years: the former as a feedstock, the latter as a primary chemical from which many products are produced. More recently, the role played by methane as a potent "greenhouse" gas has aroused considerable attention from environmentalists and clima tologists alike. This role for C compounds has, of course, been quite 1 incidental to the myriad of microorganisms on this planet that have adapted their life-styles to take advantage of these readily available am bient sources. Methane, a renewable energy source that will always be with us, is actually a difficult molecule to activate; so any microorganism that can effect this may point the way to catalytic chemists looking for con trollable methane oxidation. Methanol, formed as a breakdown product of plant material, is also ubiquitous and has also encouraged the growth of prokaryotes and eukaryotes alike. In an attempt to give a balanced view of how microorganisms have been able to exploit these simple carbon sources, we have asked a number ofleading scientists (modesty forbids our own inclusion here) to contribute chapters on their specialist areas of the subject.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 286 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4899-2340-0 (9781489923400)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-2338-7
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J. Colin Murrell | Howard Dalton
Methane and Methanol Utilizers
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04/1992
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
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Content
1 Introduction.- 2 Taxonomy of Methylotrophic Bacteria.- 3 Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophs: Physiological and Mechanistic Implications.- 4 The Genetics and Molecular Biology of Obligate Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria.- 5 The Physiology and Biochemistry of Aerobic Methanol-Utilizing Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria.- 6 The Genetics and Molecular Biology of Methanol-Utilizing Bacteria.- 7 Methanol-Utilizing Yeasts.- 8 Biotechnological and Applied Aspects of Methane and Methanol Utilizers.- Species Index.