Methylocella palustris

Methylocella palustris is a species of bacterium.

[1] It is notable for oxidising methane.

It is acidophilic and was first found in a peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs, for which a new genus was described.

It is aerobic, Gram-negative, colourless, non-motile and its cells can be straight or curved rods.

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