Methylocapsa aurea

Methylocapsa aurea is a Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile bacteria from the genus of Methylocapsa which was isolated from forest soil in Germany.^[3][4] It is a facultative methanotroph.

Methylocapsa aurea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Beijerinckiaceae
Genus:	Methylocapsa
Species:	M. aurea
Binomial name
Methylocapsa aurea Dunfield et al. 2010[1]
Type strain
DSM 22158, KYG, VKM B-2544[2]

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. Straininfo of Methylocapsa aurea
3. Dunfield, P. F.; Belova, S. E.; Vorob'Ev, A. V.; Cornish, S. L.; Dedysh, S. N. (2010). "Methylocapsa aurea sp. nov., a facultative methanotroph possessing a particulate methane monooxygenase, and emended description of the genus Methylocapsa". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (Pt 11): 2659–64. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020149-0. PMID 20061505.
4. UniProt

External links

• Type strain of Methylocapsa aurea at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase