''Methylocapsa palsarum'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

, aerobic,

methanotrophic Methanotrophs (sometimes called methanophiles) are prokaryotes that metabolize methane as their source of carbon and chemical energy. They are bacteria or archaea, can grow aerobically or anaerobically, and require single-carbon compounds to s ...

and non-motile bacteria from the genus of

Methylocapsa ''Methylocapsa'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae. ''M. gorgona'' has been shown to metabolize significant amounts of atmospheric methane Atmospheric methane is the methane present in Earth's atmosphere. Atmospheri ...

which has been isolated from a

palsa Palsas are peat mounds with a permanently frozen peat and mineral soil core. They are a typical phenomenon in the polar and subpolar zone of discontinuous permafrost. One of their characteristics is having steep slopes that rises above the mire ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

References

External links

Type strain of ''Methylocapsa palsarum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Beijerinckiaceae Bacteria described in 2015 {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub