''Methyloferula stellata'' 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 ...

and non-motile bacteria from the genus of ''

Methyloferula ''Methyloferula'' is a Gram-negative, mesophilic, psychrotolerant, aerobic and colorless genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Hyphomicrobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinu ...

'' which has been isolated from acidic

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from Arkhangelsk in

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. In contrast to most known

Methanotroph 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 su ...

s ''Methyloferula stellata'' is an aerobic

acidophilic Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 5.0 or below). These organisms can be found in different branches of the tree of life, including Archaea, Bacteria,Becker, A.Types of Bacteria ...

methanotroph.5
Draft Genome Sequence of Methyloferula stellata AR4, an Obligate Methanotroph Possessing Only a Soluble Methane Monooxygenase This makes it similar to ''

Methylocella ''Methylocella'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Beijerinckiaceae The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Hyphomicrobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. ''Beijerinckia'' is a genus of free-living ae ...

'' species, however it is unable to grow on multicarbon substrates. It's

genome In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism. It consists of nucleotide sequences of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The nuclear genome includes protein-coding genes and non-coding ge ...

was sequenced in March and April 2015.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Methyloferula stellata'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Draft Genome Sequence of Methyloferula stellata AR4, an Obligate Methanotroph Possessing Only a Soluble Methane Monooxygenase
Beijerinckiaceae Bacteria described in 2011 {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub