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

The 8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C 1 Compounds was held at the Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA, 27 August-1 September, 1995. A total of 160 participants from 18 countries were registered. Eight Scientific Sessions were held in which 45 papers were presented, and 114 posters were displayed and discussed in 3 separate poster sessions. The Symposium covered a broad range of topics, including acetogenesis, methanogenesis, CO 2 fixation, lithoautotrophy, carboxidotrophy, methylotrophy and methanotrophy. The theme of the Symposium was mechanistic, and under this rubric the physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and both applied and environmental aspects of microbial growth on C 1 compounds were addressed. This Symposium Volume contains 46 chapters, including the text of an Opening Address delivered at the Symposium by J.R. Quayle. This chapter elegantly presents an historical perspective on the past 7 Symposia, in the context of major breakthroughs in the field and of what is termed `giant' topics. The reader will be pleased to see that the tradition of the past Symposia Volumes is upheld, and that both familiar and new `giant' topics are covered. This Volume presents a cutting edge view of the broad field of microbial one-carbon metabolism, and provides a valuable resource for researcher and student alike. 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 Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds, held in San Diego, U.S.A., 27 August-1 September 1995