Methylomonas

Methylomonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Methylococcales
Family:	Methylococcaceae
Genus:	Methylomonas; (ex Leadbetter 1974) ; Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Type species
	Methylomonas methanica;
Species
	M. aurantiaca[1]; M. fodinarum[1]; M. koyama[1]; M. lenta[1]; M. methanica[1]; M. paludis[1]; M. scandinavica[1]

Methylomonas is a genus of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.[2]

References

LPSN bacterio.net
Madigan MT, Martino JM (2006). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson. p. 136. ISBN 0-13-196893-9..

Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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