Gene database of Methylococcus capsulatus strain Bath

Methylococcus capsulatus is an obligate methanotrophic
Gram-negative non-motile coccid bacterium. Able to metabolize methane and
methanol, the microorganism has been used in the production of animal feed from
natural gas. Much remains to be known about this bacterium that typically
presents itself in the diplococcoid mode. This work sought to unveil the
genetic repertoire of M. capsulatus strain Bath with annotated genome
sequence downloaded from Genbank. Using an in-house MATLAB software, the
annotated genome sequence of the bacterium was parsed into a database
comprising gene name, gene function, and gene sequence. The resource should be
useful for the molecular cloning of interesting genes for exploring their
biotechnological potential in other species such as Escherichia coli, as
well as informing genome editing research in constructing loss-of-function
mutants for understanding gene function in the bacterium.