, 2 8 7 , 1 4 5 ▁base ▁pairs . ▁Under ▁gen ome ▁analysis ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁M . ▁infer nor um ▁may ▁use ▁a ▁novel ▁m eth yl ot roph ic ▁path way ▁because ▁it ▁enc odes ▁m eth ane ▁mon o ox y gen ase ▁en zym es ▁but ▁la cks ▁known ▁gen etic ▁modules ▁for ▁m eth an ol ▁and ▁formal de hy de ▁ox id ation . ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁en zym es ▁required ▁for ▁the ▁Cal vin ▁B enson ▁Bass ham ▁cycle ▁were ▁identify ▁by ▁gen etic ▁analysis . ▁ ▁Met abol ism ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁predicted ▁that ▁M . ▁infer nor um ▁possess ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁key ▁met abol ic ▁path ways ▁for ▁the ▁b ios yn thesis ▁of ▁all ▁am ino ▁ac ids , ▁nucle ot ides ▁and ▁c of act ors , ▁with ▁the ▁sole ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁c ob al amin ▁c of actor . ▁ ▁Gen etic ▁studies ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁en zym es ▁it ▁uses ▁in ▁several ▁met abol ic ▁path ways ▁diff ers ▁to ▁the ▁ones ▁used ▁by ▁other ▁m eth yl ot roph s ▁like ▁for ▁example ▁in ▁the ▁b ios yn thesis ▁of ▁a rom atic ▁am ino ▁ac ids , ▁li po ic ▁acid ▁b ios yn thesis , ▁u rea ▁cycle ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁and ▁divers ity ▁of ▁trans por ters ▁encoded . ▁ ▁The ▁b acter ia ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁counter act ▁extreme ▁acid ic ▁environments ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁various