Methylocella tundrae

Methylocella tundrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Beijerinckiaceae
Genus: Methylocella
Species: M. tundrae
Binomial name
Methylocella tundrae
Dedysh et al. 2004

Methylocella tundrae is a species of bacterium.[1] It is notable for oxidising methane. Its cells are aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, dinitrogen-fixing rods. Strain T4T (=DSM 15673T =NCIMB 13949T) is the type strain.[2]

References

  1. Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.; Khmelenina, V. N.; Suzina, N. E.; Trotsenko, Y. A.; Semrau, J. D.; Bares, A. M.; Panikov, N. S.; Tiedje, J. M. (2000). "Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 50 (3): 955–969. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-955. ISSN 1466-5026.
  2. Dedysh, S. N. (2004). "Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (1): 151–156. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02805-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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