Methanococcus maripaludis

Methanococcus maripaludis
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanococcaceae
Genus: Methanococcus
Species: Methanococcus maripaludis
Jones et al. 1984

Methanococcus maripaludis is a species of methanogen. It is anaerobic, weakly motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, and a pleomorphic coccoid-rod averaging 1.2 by 1.6 μm is size.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, W. Jack; Paynter, M. J. B.; Gupta, R. (1983). "Characterization of Methanococcus maripaludis sp. nov., a new methanogen isolated from salt marsh sediment". Archives of Microbiology. 135 (2): 91–97. doi:10.1007/BF00408015. ISSN 0302-8933.
  2. ↑ E. L. Hendrickson, R. Kaul, Y. Zhou, D. Bovee, P. Chapman, J. Chung, E. Conway de Macario, J. A. Dodsworth, W. Gillett, D. E. Graham, M. Hackett, A. K. Haydock, A. Kang, M. L. Land, R. Levy, T. J. Lie, T. A. Major, B. C. Moore, I. Porat, A. Palmeiri, G. Rouse, C. Saenphimmachak, D. Soll, S. Van Dien, T. Wang, W. B. Whitman, Q. Xia, Y. Zhang, F. W. Larimer, M. V. Olson & J. A. Leigh (October 2004). "Complete genome sequence of the genetically tractable hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis". Journal of Bacteriology. 186 (20): 6956–6969. doi:10.1128/JB.186.20.6956-6969.2004. PMC 522202. PMID 15466049.

Further reading

  • J. Ladapo & W. B. Whitman (August 1990). "Method for isolation of auxotrophs in the methanogenic archaebacteria: role of the acetyl-CoA pathway of autotrophic CO2 fixation in Methanococcus maripaludis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 87 (15): 5598–5602. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.5598L. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.15.5598. PMC 54374. PMID 11607093.
  • Haydock, A; Porat, I; Whitman, W; Leigh, J (2004). "Continuous culture of under defined nutrient conditions". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 238 (1): 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.021. ISSN 0378-1097.
  • Lohner, Svenja T; Deutzmann, Jörg S; Logan, Bruce E; Leigh, John; Spormann, Alfred M (20 May 2014). "Hydrogenase-independent uptake and metabolism of electrons by the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis". The ISME Journal. 8 (8): 1673–1681. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.82. PMC 4817615.


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