Methylomonas sp. ZR1 Genome sequencing and assembly. Methylomonas sp. ZR1

Methanotrophs could convert methane into compounds with long carbon chain at room temperature, and have great potential to be developed into cell factories for the bioconversion of C1 compounds. However, the specific metabolic details of the methanotrophs were still unclear, and the metabolic characters of methanotrophs were proved distinct among species. Methylomonas sp. ZR1 isolated by our group was proved to growth fast from methane, and value added products lycopene were proved exist in the pigment of ZR1 from methane. Methylomonas are among the fast growing methanotrophs. In this study, the genomic background of ZR1 were analyzed.