Methylophaga muralis

Methylophaga muralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Thiotrichales
Family: Piscirickettsiaceae
Genus: Methylophaga
Species:
M. muralis
Binomial name
Methylophaga muralis
Doronina et al., 2011[1]
Type strain
Kr3
VKM B-2303
NCIMB 13993
Synonyms
  • Methylophaga murata Doronina et al. 2005[2]

Methylophaga muralis is a species of Pseudomonadota. It is capable of surviving in saline and alkaline environments and can obtain its carbon from methanol. This species was originally discovered in crumbling marble in the Moscow Kremlin; it has also been found in a soda lake in Buryatia.

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