Methylomonas methanica
Methylomonas methanica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Methylococcales |
Family: | Methylococcaceae |
Genus: | Methylomonas |
Species: | M. methanica |
Binomial name | |
Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 | |
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Synonymy
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Methylomonas methanica is a Gram-negative bacterium that obtains its carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.[1] It is found in lakes, ponds, freshwater sediment and marshy ground.[2] They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.
References
[edit]- ^ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..
- ^ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
External links
[edit]- Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature