Methylomonas methanica
| Methylomonas methanica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Methylococcales |
| Family: | Methylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methylomonas |
| Species: | M. methanica
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| 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
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