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Methylomonas

Methylomonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
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


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.



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