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Kinetic analyses of 14C-methylamine and 14C-bicarbonate assimilation in a gram-negative diplococcus suggests that methylamine assimilation occurs via a glycine-serine hydroxymethylation sequence rather than autotrophically by a Calvin cycle.
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Dedicated to Prof. C. B. van Niel on the occasion of his 70th birthday. These and related experiments were first reported in June, 1962, in a seminar in the General Microbiology course in Pacific Grove. The stimulating and pleasant atmosphere provided by Prof. Van Niel during this course and the subsequent visit in his laboratories is remembered with pleasure.
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Leadbetter, E.R., Gottlieb, J.A. On methylamine assimilation in a bacterium. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 59, 211–217 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406334
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