Methylomonas methanica

Methylomonas methanica
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Type strain[1]
ATCC 35067; NCIB 11130; NCIMB 11130; UNIQEM 8; VKM B-2110
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.[2] It is found in lakes, ponds, freshwater sediment and marshy ground.[3] They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.

References

  1. ↑ Methylomonas methanica in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  2. ↑ Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..
  3. ↑ George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
  • Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature