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