methane-oxidizing organelle

id: GO:0044227
name: methane-oxidizing organelle
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cytoplasmic, membrane-bounded compartment found within Methanotrophic bacteria that contains enzymes and electron transfer proteins for methane catabolism. This structure is analogous to the thylakoid of Cyanobacteria and the anammoxosome of anaerobic ammonium oxidation organisms.

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