Methanothermococcus

Methanothermococcus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanococcaceae
Genus: Methanothermococcus
Binomial name
Methanothermococcus
Whitman 2002
Species

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]

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2012-01-13). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 242. ISBN 038721609X. Retrieved 2016-09-04.

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • 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&ndash, 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&ndash, 296. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.

Scientific books

  • Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus II. Methanothermococcus gen. 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. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

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