Methylomonas methanica
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Pseudomonadota
- class
- Gammaproteobacteria
- order
- Methylococcales
- family
- Methylococcaceae
- genus
- Methylomonas
- species
- Methylomonas methanica
Abstract
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.George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.
Name
- Synonyms
- Bacillus methanicus Söhngen 1906
- Methamonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Orla-Jensen 1909
- Methylomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Leadbetter 1974
- Pseudomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Krasil’nikov 1949
- Pseudomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) sensu Dworkin and Foster 1956
- Homonyms
- Methylomonas methanica
- Methylomonas methanica (Söhngen 1906) Leadbetter 1974