Methylomonas methanica
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Methylococcales |
| Family: | Methylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methylomonas |
| Binomial name | |
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Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bacillus methanicus Söhngen 1906 |
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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. It is found in lakes, ponds, freshwater sediment and marshy ground. They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.
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