Marinosulfonomonas

Marinosulfonomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Genus: Marinosulfonomonas
Holmes et al. 1997
Species
  • "Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha"

Marinosulfonomonas is a genus of bacteria in the class Alphaproteobacteria.[1] Bacteria in the genus are able to utilize methanesulfonic acid as source for carbon and energy.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ See the NCBI webpage on "Marinosulfonomonas". Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. โ†‘ Holmes, Andrew J.; Kelly, D. P.; Baker, Simon C.; Thompson, A. S.; Marco, Paolo De; Kenna, Elizabeth M.; Murrell, J. Colin (1997-01-01). "Methylosulfonomonas methylovora gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha gen. nov., sp. nov.: novel methylotrophs able to grow on methanesulfonic acid". Archives of Microbiology. 167 (1): 46โ€“53. doi:10.1007/s002030050415. ISSN 1432-072X.