Methanopyraceae

Methanopyraceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanopyri
Order: Methanopyrales
Family: Methanopyraceae
Binomial name
Methanopyraceae
Huber and Stetter 2002
Genus

In taxonomy, the Methanopyraceae are a family of the Methanopyrales.[1] This family contains only one genus, which contains only one species, Methanopyrus kandleri. It is chemolitoautotrophic and its cells are bar-shaped. It can grow comfortably at a temperature of 98 °C and can survive at temperatures as high as 110 °C, making it the most thermophilic known methanogen. It has been found to live in hydrothermal vents.[2]

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanopyraceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ Aharon Oren (2014-10-19). "The Family Methanopyraceae". The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 247–252. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_328. ISBN 978-3-642-38954-2. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

Further reading

Scientific books

  • Huber R; Stetter KO (2001). "Family I. Methanopyralceae fam. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
  • Huber R; Stetter KO (2001). "Order I. Methanopyrales ord. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

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