Methylomonas methanica

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.

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

References
  1. Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..
  2. George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
  • Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature


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