| Entry | T00470 |
| Org code | mpt |
| Name | Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1 |
| Category | Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:420662 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales; Sphaerotilaceae; Methylibium; Methylibium petroleiphilum |
| Org group | Bacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000015725.1 Complete Genome) |
| Original db | JGI |
| Keywords | Methylotroph |
| Comment | Methylotroph distinguished by its ability to completely metabolize the fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE).
Degrades aromatic (benzene, toluene, and xylene) and straight-chain (C5 to C12) hydrocarbons present in petroleum products.
Isolated from a sewage treatment plant biofilter used for treating discharge from oil refineries. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP000555) |
| Plasmid | RPME01; Circular (GB: CP000556) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 4449
Number of RNA genes: 69 |
| Created | 2007 |
| Reference | PMID: 17158667 |
| Authors | Kane SR, Chakicherla AY, Chain PS, Schmidt R, Shin MW, Legler TC, Scow KM, Larimer FW, Lucas SM, Richardson PM, Hristova KR. |
| Title | Whole-genome analysis of the methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading beta-proteobacterium Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1. |
| Journal | J Bacteriol 189:1931-45 (2007)
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01259-06 |
