Methylocapsa acidiphila

Methylocapsa acidiphila is a bacterium. It is a methane-oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium first isolated from Sphagnum bog. Its cells are aerobic, gram-negative, colourless, non-motile, curved coccoids that form conglomerates covered by an extracellular polysaccharide matrix. The cells use methane and methanol as sole sources of carbon and energy. B2T (= DSM 13967T = NCIMB 13765T) is the type strain.[1][2]

Methylocapsa acidiphila
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhizobiales
Family:
Beijerinckiaceae
Genus:
Methylocapsa
Species:
M. arsenophilum
Binomial name
Methylocapsa acidiphila
Dedysh et al. 2002

References
  1. Dedysh SN, Khmelenina VN, Suzina NE, et al. (January 2002). "Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methane-oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium from Sphagnum bog". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 1): 251–61. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-251. PMID 11837310. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  2. Kolesnikov, O. M.; Dedysh, S. N.; Panikov, N. S. (2004). "Inhibition of Growth and Methane Consumption in Methylocapsa acidiphila by Mineral Salts". Microbiology. 73 (4): 488–490. doi:10.1023/B:MICI.0000036997.13271.f9. ISSN 0026-2617. PMID 15521186. S2CID 9566047.

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