Abstract
Methylocystaceae, a family belonging to the order Rhizobiales, within the class Alphaproteobacteria, consist of genera Albibacter, Hansschlegelia, Methylocystis, Methylopila, Methylosinus, Pleomorphomonas, and Terasakiella. Most members of the family Methylocystaceae, with the exception of the genera Pleomorphomonas and Terasakiella, are type II methanotrophs, which assimilate C1 carbon compounds (most commonly methane and methanol) via the serine pathway. All known species of these genera are gram-negative with the G+C content ranging from 50.7 to 70.4 mol%. The phylogenetic clustering within the group is somewhat weak, and as further strains are identified and classified to the family, some reorganization may occur.
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Webb, H.K., Ng, H.J., Ivanova, E.P. (2014). The Family Methylocystaceae. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30197-1_254
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