Methylophaga

Methylophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Family: Piscirickettsiaceae
Genus: Methylophaga
Species

M. alcalica
M. aminisulfidivorans
M. lonarensis
M. marina
M. muralis
M. sulfidovorans
M. thalassica
M. thiooxydans

The genus Methylophaga consists of halophilic methylotrophic bacteria, many of which were isolated from marine environments. The cells are rod-shaped.[1] They are motile by one polar flagellum.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Garrity, George M. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria. New York: Springer ISBN 0-387-24144-2.


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