The complete genome sequence of Methylomicrobium album strain BG8, a methane-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from freshwater, is reported. Aside from a conserved inventory of genes for growth on single-carbon compounds, M. album BG8 carries a range of gene inventories for additional carbon and nitrogen transformations but no genes for growth on multicarbon substrates or for N fixation.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624686 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00170-13 | DOI Listing |
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