Unlike bacteria which use bacterial MDH, methylotrophic yeasts perform methanol oxidation in their peroxisomes with a non-specific alcohol oxidase which produces formaldehyde as well as hydrogen peroxide.
Methylotrophic yeasts perform methanol oxidation in their peroxisomes with a non-specific alcohol oxidase. This is unlike bacteria. This non-specific alcohol oxidase produces formaldehyde as well as hydrogen peroxide. These bacteria use bacterial MDH.