Methylomonas methanica

Methylomonas methanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Methylococcales
Family: Methylococcaceae
Genus: Methylomonas
Binomial name
Methylomonas methanica
(ex Söhngen 1906)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Synonyms

Bacillus methanicus Söhngen 1906
Methamonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Orla-Jensen 1909
Pseudomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Krasil’nikov 1949
Pseudomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) sensu Dworkin and Foster 1956
Methylomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Leadbetter 1974

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

  1. ↑ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..
  2. ↑ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria


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