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Genus of bacteria

Methylomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Methylococcales
Family: Methylococcaceae
Genus: Methylomonas
(ex Leadbetter 1974)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Type species
Methylomonas methanica
Species

M. aurantiaca
M. fodinarum
M. koyama
M. lenta
M. methanica
M. paludis
M. scandinavica

Methylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.

References

  1. ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..

External links

  • Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Taxon identifiers
Methylomonas


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