Methylomonas methanica

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.


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