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A methanol-utilizing organism identified as a strain of Pseudomonas methanica was isolated. Methanol oxidation by extracts of the organism was shown to involve peroxidative oxidation of the alcohol to formaldehyde. A diphosphopyridine nucleotide dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase, specific for formaldehyde and requiring glutathione for activity, was demonstrated.
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Harrington et al. (1960) studied this question.
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