Methylomonas methanica

Methylomonas methanica
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Methylococcales
Family: Methylococcaceae
Genus: Methylomonas
Species:
M. methanica
Binomial name
Methylomonas methanica
(ex Söhngen 1906)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • 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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