Methylophaga sulfidovorans
| Methylophaga sulfidovorans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Thiotrichales |
| Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Methylophaga |
| Species: | M. sulfidovorans |
| Binomial name | |
| Methylophaga sulfidovorans de Zwart et al. 1998 | |
Methylophaga sulfidovorans is an obligately methylotrophic, aerobic, dimethylsulfide-oxidizing bacterium. It is Gram-negative, oval, with strain RB-1.[1]
References
- ↑ Dezwart, J; Nelisse, P; Kuenen, J (1996). "Isolation and characterization of sp. nov.: an obligately methylotrophic, aerobic, dimethylsulfide oxidizing bacterium from a microbial mat". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 20 (4): 261–270. doi:10.1016/0168-6496(96)00038-4. ISSN 0168-6496.
Further reading
- De Zwart, J., J. Sluis, and J. Gijs Kuenen. "Competition for Dimethyl Sulfide and Hydrogen Sulfide by Methylophaga sulfidovorans and Thiobacillus thioparus T5 in Continuous Cultures." Applied and environmental microbiology 63.8 (1997): 3318-3322.
- de Zwart, Jolyn Martha Maria. "Ecophysiology and Modeling of DMS metabolism by Methylophaga sulfidovorans." (1997).
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