Biology:Methylocapsa

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Short description: Genus of bacteria

Methylocapsa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Beijerinckiaceae
Genus: Methylocapsa
Dedysh et al. 2002[1]
Type species
Methylocapsa acidiphila[1]
Species

Methylocapsa is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae.[3][4] M. gorgona has been shown to metabolize significant amounts of atmospheric methane.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Parte, A.C.. "Methylocapsa". LPSN. https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methylocapsa. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tveit, Alexander T.; Hestnes, Anne Grethe; Robinson, Serina L.; Schintlmeister, Arno; Dedysh, Svetlana N.; Jehmlich, Nico; von Bergen, Martin; Herbold, Craig et al. (2019-04-08). "Widespread soil bacterium that oxidizes atmospheric methane" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (17): 8515–8524. doi:10.1073/pnas.1817812116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 30962365. 
  3. UniProt
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (2010). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. eds. "Nomenclature Abstract for Methylocapsa." (in en). The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.1452. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18344152 entry