Methylomonas methanica is a Gram-negative bacterium that obtains its carbon and energy from methane, a metabolic process called methanotrophy.. It is found in lakes, ponds, freshwater sediment and marshy ground.George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria They are motile, the cells are rod-shaped.
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External links Methylomonas J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature