Methylomonas

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

M. aurantiaca[1]
M. fodinarum[1]
M. koyama[1]
M. lenta[1]
M. methanica[1]
M. paludis[1]
M. scandinavica[1]

Methylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. ↑ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..

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