Methylohalomonas
| Methylohalomonas | |
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| Genus: | Methylohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007 |
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| Methylohalomonas lacus | |
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M. lacus | |
Methylohalomonas is a moderately halophilic and obligately methylotrophic genus of purple sulfur bacteria with one known species (Methylohalomonas lacus). Methylohalomonas lacus has been isolated from hypersaline lakes from the Kulunda Steppe in Russia.