Methylophaga muralis
| Methylophaga muralis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Thiotrichales |
| Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Methylophaga |
| Species: | M. muralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Methylophaga muralis Doronina et al., 2011 | |
| Type strain | |
| Kr3 VKM B-2303 NCIMB 13993 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Methylophaga muralis is a species of Pseudomonadota. It is capable of surviving in saline and alkaline environments and can obtain its carbon from methanol. This species was originally discovered in crumbling marble in the Moscow Kremlin; it has also been found in a soda lake in Buryatia.