Methylomonas methanica

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

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.

References

^ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..
^ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

External links

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[Brock-1] Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..

[BergeyGamma-2] George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

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