| Methylobacillus glycogenes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Methylophilales |
| Family: | Methylophilaceae |
| Genus: | Methylobacillus |
| Binomial name | |
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Methylobacillus glycogenes Yordy and Weaver 1977 |
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| Type strain | |
| ATCC 29475 DSM 5685 JCM 2850 LMG 6082 NCIMB 11375 VKM B-2060 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pseudomonas insueta Shiio et al. 1971 |
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Pseudomonas insueta Shiio et al. 1971
Pseudomonas methanolicola Terui et al. 1970
Pseudomonas methylotropha Byrom and Ousby 1975
Methylobacillus glycogenes is a Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria that can only grow on methanol or methylamine, but under nitrogen-limiting conditions synthesizes glycogen as an internal reserve material.