- Source: Albibacter methylovorans
Albibacter methylovorans is a methylotrophic, aerobic and facultatively autotrophic bacteria from the genus Microvirga which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated ground water in Switzerland.
Etymology
New Latin noun methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Greek noun methu, wine and Greek noun hulē, wood), the methyl group; New Latin pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; Latin participle adjective vorans, devouring, eating; New Latin participle adjective methylovorans, digesting methyl groups.)
References
Further reading
Brenner, Don J; Krieg, Noel R; Staley, James T, eds. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.
Maheshwari, Dinesh K, ed. (2011). Bacteria in agrobiology plant growth responses. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-20332-9.
External links
Type strain of Albibacter methylovorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase