Methylomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Methylococcales
Family:
Methylococcaceae
Genus:
Methylomonas

(ex Leadbetter 1974)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Type species
Methylomonas methanica
Species

M. aurantiaca[1]
M. fodinarum[1]
M. koyama[1]
M. lenta[1]
M. methanica[1]
M. paludis[1]
M. scandinavica[1]

Methylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ^ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..

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