Methylococcus capsulatus

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Methylococcus capsulatus

Classification

Higher order taxa

Kingdom: Bacteria Domain: Proteobacteria Phylum: Gammaproteobacteria Class: Methylococcales Order: Methylococcaceae Family: Methylococcus

Species

species Methylococcus capsulatus

Description and significance

Methylococcus capsulatus is a methylotrophic gram-negative bacterium with coccus shape, live in multiple habitate, however, oxygen is the necessity for such cell to survive. Methylococcus capsulatus is also a thermophilic microbe which optically live in the temperature of 45C.

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Cell structure and metabolism

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Application to Biotechnology

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Current Research

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Edited by Ting Yuan Feng, student of Rachel Larsen at UCSD.