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Methylomonas methanica
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Methylomonas methanica is a Gram-negative bacterium that obtains its carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.[1] It is found in lakes, ponds, freshwater sediment and marshy ground.[2] They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.
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Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 | |
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Bacillus methanicus Söhngen 1906 |
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