Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds, held in San Diego, U.S.A., 27 August – 1 September 1995

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Opening Address....Pages 1-3
The Ribulose Monophosphate (Quayle) Cycle: News and Views....Pages 4-8
Metabolic Regulation in the Actinomycete Amycolatopsis Methanolica , a Facultative Methylotroph Employing the Rump Cycle for Formaldehyde Assimilation....Pages 9-15
Metabolism of Formaldehyde in M . extorquens AM1....Pages 16-24
Structure and function of the serine pathway enzymes in Hyphomicrobium ....Pages 25-32
Metabolism of methanesulfonic acid....Pages 33-40
Dimethylsulfide as an electron donor in Rhodobacter sulfidophilus ....Pages 41-48
Cyanobacterial Mutants Defective in HCO 3 - Uptake....Pages 49-55
Carboxysomes: The Genes of Thiobacillus Neapolitanus ....Pages 56-63
Analysis of genes in the pathway for the fermentation of acetate to methane by Methanosarcina thermophila ....Pages 64-71
Regulation of the C 1 Metabolism of Acetogens: Metabolic By-Passes and Ecological Implications....Pages 72-79
Mechanism of N-Oxidation and Electron Transfer in the Ammonia Oxidizing Autotrophs....Pages 80-87
Genes related to carbon dioxide fixation in Hydrogenovibrio marinus and Pseudomonas hydrogenothermophila ....Pages 88-93
Molecular Control and Biochemistry of CO 2 Fixation in Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 94-101
Biochemistry and genetics of organoautotrophy in Alcaligenes eutrophus ....Pages 102-109
Hydrogen Oxidation by Alcaligenes ....Pages 110-117
Genetics of CO 2 fixation in methylotrophs....Pages 118-125
Genetics of C 1 metabolism regulation in Paracoccus denitrificans ....Pages 126-132
Molecular Biology of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase....Pages 133-140
Carboxylate Shifts in the Active Site of the Hydroxylase Component of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)....Pages 141-149
The Biochemistry Of the Particulate Methane Monooxygenase....Pages 150-158
Ammonia Monooxygenase from Nitrosomonas europaea ....Pages 159-166
Quinocofactors in Copper Amine Oxidases and Lysyl Oxidase....Pages 167-174
Chaperoning Rubisco in Purple Bacteria....Pages 175-182
The Biochemistry of CO Dehydrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum ....Pages 183-190
Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase....Pages 191-196
Enzymology of Methylamine Dehydrogenase....Pages 197-204
Structural studies of methylamine dehydrogenase....Pages 205-212
The biochemistry of methanol dehydrogenase....Pages 213-219
Methanol dehydrogenase structure....Pages 220-226
Production of L-Lysine and Some Other Amino Acids by Mutants of B. methanolicus ....Pages 227-236
PHA biosynthesis, its regulation and application of C1-utilizing microorganisms for polyester production....Pages 237-244
Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites....Pages 245-252
Application of Cellular Functions of the Methylotropic Yeast....Pages 253-260
Evolution of Dichloromethane Utilization....Pages 261-268
Microbial Ecology of PCB Transformation in the Environment: A Niche for Methanotrophs?....Pages 269-276
Metabolic aspects of plant interaction with commensal methylotrophs....Pages 277-284
CO 2 Fixation in Chemoautotroph-Invertebrate Symbioses: Expression of Form I and Form II RubisCO....Pages 285-292
Sulfur Metabolism of Autotroph-Invertebrate Symbioses....Pages 293-300
Molecular Approaches to Studying Natural Communities of Autotrophs....Pages 301-309
Microbial Cycling of Methyl Bromide....Pages 310-317
Regulation of methane oxidation: contrasts between anoxic sediments and oxic soils....Pages 318-325
Anaerobic methane oxidation by a methanogen-sulfate reducer consortium: geochemical evidence and biochemical considerations....Pages 326-333
“Soft Spots” in the Global Methane Budget....Pages 334-342
Cycling of Methanol between Plants, Methylotrophs and the Atmosphere....Pages 343-350
The role of autotrophs in global CO 2 cycling....Pages 351-358
Back Matter....Pages 359-363