Albibacter methylovorans
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| Albibacter methylovorans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methylocystaceae |
| Genus: | Albibacter |
| Species: | A. methylovorans |
| Binomial name | |
| Albibacter methylovorans Doronina et al. 2001[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| DM10, DSM 13819, DSM 22840, VKM B-2236[2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Albibacter methylovorans is a methylotrophic, aerobic and facultatively autotrophic bacteria from the genus Microvirga which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated ground water in Switzerland.[1][3][4][5]
New Latin noun methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Greek noun methu, wine and Greek noun hulē, wood), the methyl group; New Latin pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring, eating; New Latin participle adjective methylovorans, digesting methyl groups.)[5]