methylotrophicadj.
/mᵻˌθɪləˈtrəʊfɪk/, /mᵻˌθʌɪləˈtrəʊfɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛθələˈtroʊfɪk/ Microbiology.
Designating a methylotroph; of or relating to methylotrophs or methylotrophy.
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protococcoid1882
pathobiological1887
pathogermic1887
filter-passing1910
prokaryotic1957
mycoplasmal1959
protococcoidal1965
mycoplasma-like1967
methylotrophic1974
mycoplasmic1974
1974 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 120 955/2 Most of the facultative methylotrophic bacteria characterized utilize the serine pathway for formaldehyde incorporation.
1988 BioFactors 1 52/2 Methanol dehydrogenase constituted over 13% of the total extractable protein of a methylotrophic pseudomonad.
1992 Nature 14 May 146/2 The depth distribution of methylotrophic activity has importance in evaluating the influence of environmental factors such as soil moisture and temperature on atmospheric methane uptake.
2000 Microbiol. Res. 154 289 In search of the optimal way to reduce the hazards of environmental contamination by formaldehyde and methanol the use of unconventional yeasts is proposed as exemplified by the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha.
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methyloˈtrophically adv.
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1974 FEBS Lett. 44 110/1 However P[seudomonas] extorquens grown heterotrophically on succinate contains massively greater concentrations of membrane bound cytochromes compared to cells grown ‘methylotrophically’ on methanol.
1995 Arch. Microbiol. 163 131/1 It [sc. a new bacterial isolate] had a restricted range of sulfur-containing growth substrates, could not grow methylotrophically or on autotrophic substrates other than CS2, and is not yet classifiable.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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