Query: NC_015572:1 Methylomonas methanica MC09 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Methylomonas methanica; Methylomonas; Methylococcaceae; Methylococcales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Soil; Isolation: soil; Temp: Mesophile. This organism is methanotrophic able to grow using methane or methanol as a sole source of carbon and energy.
Subject: NC_008825:4025705 Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1, complete genome
Lineage: Methylibium petroleiphilum; Methylibium; ; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Methylibium petroleiphilum strain PM1 (ATCC BAA-1232) was isolated in 1998 from the biofilter of a treatment plant in an oil refinery in Los Angeles, California, USA. Strain PM1 is capable of degrading aromatic compounds such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Methyl tertiary-butyl ether-degrading bacterium. Methylibium petroleiphilum is a methylotroph (able to utilize reduced one-carbon compounds) able to degrade methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) under aerobic conditions. MTBE is a gasoline additive used as an oxygenate and to raise the octane number.