Abstract
Methylotrophic bacterial community is well known for the utilization of C1 and multiple reduced carbon substrates for their source of carbon and energy. They play an important role in the carbon cycling. The molecular methods are being described for the identification of cultivable and uncultivable methylotrophic strains. At the level of gene coding the methylotrophic function and discrimination among the strains, the tools and techniques are illustrated in details. Molecular identification of the isolates enables us to access the phylogeny and functional diversity of the methylotrophic community.
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Meena, K.K., Kumar, M., Singh, D.P. (2013). Molecular Identification of Microbes: V. methylotrophs . In: Arora, D., Das, S., Sukumar, M. (eds) Analyzing Microbes. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34410-7_10
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