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SUBMITTER: Delepine B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
mSystems 20200922 5
<i>Bacillus methanolicus</i> MGA3 is a thermotolerant and relatively fast-growing methylotroph able to secrete large quantities of glutamate and lysine. These natural characteristics make <i>B. methanolicus</i> a good candidate to become a new industrial chassis organism, especially in a methanol-based economy. Intriguingly, the only substrates known to support <i>B. methanolicus</i> growth as sole sources of carbon and energy are methanol, mannitol, and, to a lesser extent, glucose and arabitol ...[more]