Methanotorris

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

In taxonomy, Methanotorris is a genus of the Methanocaldococcaceae.[1] The organisms in this genus differ from those of Methanothermococcus in that they are hyperthermophiles and from those of Methanocaldococcus in that they have no flagella, are not motile, and do not require selenium to grow. These microbes have not been shown to cause any illnesses.[2]

Nomenclature

The name "Methanotorris" comes from the Latin methanum for methane and torris for fire. Overall, it means "organism that produces methane at high temperatures."[2]

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanotorris. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. 1 2 David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2012-01-13). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 245–246. ISBN 038721609X. Retrieved 2016-09-09.

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Takai, Ken; Nealson, Ken H.; Horikoshi, Kori (July 2004). "Methanotorris formicius sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Central Indian Ridge". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (4): 1095–1100. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02887-0. PMID 15280275. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

Scientific books

  • Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus II. Methanotorris 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.
  • Whitman WB; Boone DR; Koga Y (2001). "Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae 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. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

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