Methylobacillus glycogenes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
Order: | Methylophilales |
Family: | Methylophilaceae |
Genus: | Methylobacillus |
Binomial name | |
Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 |
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Type strain | |
ATCC 29475 DSM 5685 JCM 2850 LMG 6082 NCIMB 11375 VKM B-2060 |
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Synonyms | |
Pseudomonas insueta Shiio et al. 1971 |
Pseudomonas insueta Shiio et al. 1971
Pseudomonas methanolicola Terui et al. 1970
Pseudomonas methylotropha Byrom and Ousby 1975
Methylobacillus glycogenes is a Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria that can only grow on methanol or methylamine, but under nitrogen-limiting conditions synthesizes glycogen as an internal reserve material.