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Methylophaga marina

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Methylophaga marina
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Family: Piscirickettsiaceae
Genus: Methylophaga
Species:
M. marina
Binomial name
Methylophaga marina
Janvier et al. 1985

Methylophaga marina is an obligately methylotrophic, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, the type species of its genus. Its type strain is ATCC 35842 (= NCMB 2244).[1]

M. marina is catalase and oxidase positive.[1]

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