Methylibium petroleiphilum
Scientific classification
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Methylibium
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M. petroleiphilum
Binomial name
Methylibium petroleiphilum
Nakatsu et al. 2006

Methylibium petroleiphilum is a species of methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph, the type species of its genus. It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, non-pigmented, facultative aerobe, with type strain PM1T (=ATCC BAA-1232T =LMG 22953T).[1]

References

  1. Nakatsu, C. H. (2006). "Methylibium petroleiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph of the Betaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (5): 983–989. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63524-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 16627642.

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