Methanothermococcus

Methanothermococcus
Phase-contrast photos of Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus type strain SN 1. Scale bar 5 um.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanococcaceae
Genus:	Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002
Type species
Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002
Species
M. okinawensis M. thermolithotrophicus

Methanothermococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family 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]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

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. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 242. ISBN   978-0387216096 . 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): 230–236. 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): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC   281474 . PMID   390357.

Scientific books

• Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus II. Methanothermococcus gen. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). 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.