Methylomonas
Sign in to saveMethylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderMethylococcales
- FamilyMethylomonadaceae
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Research
415 papers- Synergy effects of Methylomonas koyamae and Hyphomicrobium methylovorum under methanethiol stress.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023
- Methylomonas rivi sp. nov., Methylomonas rosea sp. nov., Methylomonas aurea sp. nov. and Methylomonas subterranea sp. nov., type I methane-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a freshwater creek and the deep terrestrial subsurface.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2024
- Methylomonas rapida sp. nov., a novel species of fast-growing, carotenoid-producing obligate methanotrophs with high biotechnological potential.Systematic and applied microbiology · 2023
- Methylomonas rhizoryzae sp. nov., a type I methanotroph isolated from the rhizosphere soil of rice.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2020
- Methylomonas defluvii sp. nov., a type I methane-oxidizing bacterium from a secondary sedimentation tank of a wastewater treatment plant.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Methylococcaceae
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- Methylomonas methanica EID.jpg
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- taxon name
- Methylomonas
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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Methylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.
==References==
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