Methylocella tundrae

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M. tundrae
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Methylocella tundrae
Dedysh et al. 2004

Methylocella tundrae is a species of bacterium. [1] It is notable for oxidising methane. Its cells are aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, dinitrogen-fixing rods. Strain T4T (=DSM 15673T =NCIMB 13949T) is the type strain. [2]

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References

  1. Dedysh, S. N.; Liesack, W.; Khmelenina, V. N.; Suzina, N. E.; Trotsenko, Y. A.; Semrau, J. D.; Bares, A. M.; Panikov, N. S.; Tiedje, J. M. (2000). "Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (3): 955–969. doi: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-955 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   10843033.
  2. Dedysh, S. N. (2004). "Methylocella tundrae sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from acidic tundra peatlands". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (1): 151–156. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02805-0 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   14742473.

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