Growth Characteristics of Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis and Expression of Methyltransferase Encoding Genes

Figure 2

Growth parameters and acetate consumption during growth in media containing 150 mM methanol. Methanol concentration (white squares), CH₄ concentration (black squares), ln optical density (black circles), and acetate concentration (gray bars). Black arrow indicates the beginning of the stationary phase. The methanol/methane ratio was calculated from the slopes of the methanol consumption rate and the CH₄ formation rate in the exponential growth phase.