Methylomonas

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

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

References

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

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