Genome

Methylococcus capsulatus Methane-utilizing bacterium Lineage: Bacteria[35115]; Pseudomonadota[10354]; Gammaproteobacteria[4284]; Methylococcales[89]; Methylococcaceae[78]; Methylococcus[3]; Methylococcus capsulatus[1]

Methylococcus capsulatus. This organism is a methanotroph, and can utilize methane (methanol) as the sole carbon and energy source through the use of monooxygenases. The Methylococci are environmentally important since they are involved in oxidation of methane, a greenhouse gas, and may also be used for bioremediation of polluted sites.

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 7  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 3.26626  median protein count: 2962  median GC%: 63.5 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) Draft genome sequence of the methane-oxidizing bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus (Texas). Kleiveland CR, et al. J Bacteriol 2012 Dec Genomic insights into methanotrophy: the complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Ward N, et al. PLoS Biol 2004 Oct  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Methylococcus capsulatus str. Bath Submitter: TIGR Morphology: Gram:Negative, Shape:Cocci Environment: OxygenReq:Aerobic, OptimumTemperature:45, TemperatureRange:Thermophilic, Habitat:Multiple Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein rRNA tRNA Other RNA Gene Pseudogene Chr - NC_002977.6 AE017282.2 3.3 63.6 2,980 6 46 4 3,084 48 Dendrogram (based on genomic BLAST)