Methylococcaceae

The Methylococcaceae are a family of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, called methanotrophs.

Species

FAMILY

KingdomBacteria
PhylumProteobacteria
ClassGammaproteobacteria
OrderMethylococcales
FamilyMethylococcaceae

Habitatmarine

↑ UniProt ↑ Methylococcaceae Архівовано 3 March 2012[Дата не збігається] у Wayback Machine. J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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Research

1,241 papers

Methylococcaceae are the dominant active aerobic methanotrophs in a Chinese tidal marsh.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019
Methanotrophic bacteria.Microbiological reviews · 1996
The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae.International journal of systematic bacteriology · 1995
Communal metabolism by Methylococcaceae and Methylophilaceae is driving rapid aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of a shallow seep near Elba, Italy.Environmental microbiology · 2019
Methane-oxidizing microorganisms.Microbiological reviews · 1981

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The Methylococcaceae are a family of bacteria that obtain their carbon and energy from methane, called methanotrophs.

They comprise the type I methanotrophs, in contrast to the Methylocystaceae or type II methanotrophs. They belong to Gammaproteobacteria, and are typically given their own order.

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