Methylomonas

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Methylomonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Methylococcales
Family: Methylococcaceae
Genus: Methylomonas
(ex Leadbetter 1974)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Type species
Methylomonas methanica
Species

M. aurantiaca
M. fodinarum
M. methanica
M. scandinavica

The Methylomonas are a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.

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