In taxonomy, Methanothermococcus is a genus of the Methanococcaceae.[1] The cells are shaped like irregular bars and tend to be Gram-negative. They are mobile via polar flagella. They require acetate to grow.[2]
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| Genus: | Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002
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| Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2012-01-13). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 242. ISBN 978-0387216096. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
Further reading
editScientific journals
edit- KogaY; Morii H; Akagawa-Matsushita M; Ohga I (1998). "Correlation of polar lipid composition with 16S rRNA phylogeny in methanogens. Further analysis of lipid component part". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 62 (2): 230–236. doi:10.1271/bbb.62.230. PMID 27388514.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
Scientific books
edit- Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus II. Methanothermococcus gen. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
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