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Species of bacterium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Methylococcales |
Family: | Methylococcaceae |
Genus: | Methylomonas |
Species: | M. methanica |
Binomial name | |
Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 | |
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