Isolate JLW8
Methylotenera mobila, gen nov., sp. nov

• Obligate methylamine utilizer
• Aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium
• Cells are rod shaped and motile by the means of a single flagella
• The isolate reproduces by binary fission and does not form resting bodies
• The cellular fatty acid profile is dominated by C16:0w7c and C16:0, the major phospholipid - phosphatidylethanolamine.
• DNA G+C content is 54 mol%
• The 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicated that the new isolate is closely related (97-98% similarity) to a broad group of sequences from uncultured ß-proteobacteria, but only distantly related (93-95% similarity) to known methylotrophs of the family Methylophilaceae.