Methylophaga marina

Methylophaga marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Family: Piscirickettsiaceae
Genus: Methylophaga
Species: M. marina
Binomial name
Methylophaga marina
Janvier et al. 1985

Methylophaga marina is an obligately methylotrophic, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, the type species of its genus. Its type strain is ATCC 35842 (= NCMB 2244).[1]

References

  1. Janvier, M.; Frehel, C.; Grimont, F.; Gasser, F. (1985). "Methylophaga marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylophaga thalassica sp. nov., Marine Methylotrophs". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35 (2): 131–139. doi:10.1099/00207713-35-2-131. ISSN 0020-7713.

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