Part I: Introduction
1. Lanthanide utilization by organisms: An Overview
Akio Tani
2. Distribution and diversity of lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase, XoxF, in natural environments.
Ryoji Mitsui
Part II: Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases in methylotrophs
3. Discovery of the Xox system in Methylorubrum (Methylobacterium) extorquens, AM1: a historical perspective
Ludmila Chistoserdova
4. XoxF5-type methanol dehydrogenase and lanthanide-dependent methylotrophy in Methylorubrum extorquens, AM1
Tomoyuki Nakagawa
5. Lanthanide uptake and gene regulation of the xox1 operon in Methylobacterium extorquens, AM1
Nathan Good
6. Lanthanide utilization in Methylobacterium aquaticum strain, 22A
Patrick Juma
Part III: Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases and methanol metabolisms in methanotrophs
7. Genetic regulation by lanthanides in the Type I methanotroph Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense, 5GB1C.
Joseph Groom
8. XoxF4, represented by two enzymes from Methylotenera mobilis, JLW8
Ludmila Chistoserdova
Part IV: Lanthanide dependent methanol/alcohol dehydrogenases in non-methylotrophs and newly found methylotrophs
9. Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases, XoxFs, in Rhizobia of α-Proteobacteria
Tomoyuki Nakagawa
10. Lanthanide utilization in the family Beijerinckiaceae
Carl-Eric Wegner
11. Lanthanide utilization in newly found methylotrophs
Haoxin Lv
Part V: Application of lanthanide-dependent biological processes
12. Recovery of rare earth elements using lanmodulin
Yongqin Jiao, Patrick Diep, Dan Park, Ziye Dong
13. Development of lanthanide ion binding peptide
Nobuhiro Ishida
14. Switching Between Methanol Accumulation and Cell Growth by Expression Control of Methanol Dehydrogenase in Methylosinus trichosporium, OB3b
Toshiaki Kamachi, Hidehiro Ito