Methylococcus capsulatus

Classification

Higher order taxa

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

NCBI: Taxonomy

Genus species

Description and significance

Methylococcus capsulatus exists in coccus shape and arranges in pairs with no motility. It can live in multiple habitat, however the oxygen is a necessity for suck cell to survive. Methylococcus capsulatus is considered as a thermophilic cell as the optical temperature is in 45C.

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Genome structure

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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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