Methanococcoides methylutens

Methanococcoides methylutens
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanococcoides
Species: M. methylutens
Sowers and Ferry 1985
Binomial name
Methanococcoides methylutens

Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).[1]

Genome

The genome has 15 contigs, 2,508,511 base pairs, and GC content of approximately 42.5%.[2]

References

  1. ↑ K. R. Sowers & J. G. Ferry (February 1983). "Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 684–690. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.
  2. ↑ Yue Guan; David K. Ngugi; Jochen Blom; Shahjahan Ali; James G. Ferry; Ulrich Stingl (2014-11-20). "Draft Genome Sequence of an Obligately Methylotrophic Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens, Isolated from Marine Sediment" (PDF). Genome Announcements. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01184-14. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

Further reading

  • Sowers, Kevin R.; Ferry, James G. (1985). "Trace metal and vitamin requirements of Methanococcoides methylutens grown with trimethylamine". Archives of Microbiology. 142 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1007/BF00447058. ISSN 0302-8933.
  • Maitra, P.K.; Bhosale, S.B.; Kshirsagar, Deepa C; Yeole, T.Y.; Shanbhag, Archana N (2001). "Metabolite and enzyme profiles of glycogen metabolism inMethanococcoides methylutens". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 198 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10614.x. ISSN 0378-1097.
  • Lyimo, Thomas J.; Pol, Arjan; Jetten, Mike S. M.; Op den Camp, Huub J. (February 2009). "Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a mangrove sediment and isolation of a new Methanococcoides strain". FEMS Microbiology Letters. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 291 (2): 247–253. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01464.x. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 19146579.


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