Methanothermococcus
Genus of archaea
| Methanothermococcus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanococci |
| Order: | Methanococcales |
| Family: | Methanococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002 | |
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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]
See also
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ 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.
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Prokaryotes: Archaea classification
- Domain
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Eukaryota
- (major groups
- Excavata
- Diaphoretickes
- Hacrobia
- Cryptista
- Rhizaria
- Alveolata
- Stramenopiles
- Plants
- Hacrobia
- Amorphea
- Amoebozoa
- Opisthokonta
- Animals
- Fungi
- Mesomycetozoea)
| Hadarchaeota |
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| "Hydrothermarchaeota" |
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| "Methanobacteriota" |
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| "Halobacteriota" |
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| "Thermoplasmatota" |
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- "Aenigmatarchaeota"
- "Aenigmatarchaeia"
- "Altarchaeota"
- "Altarchaeia"
- "Iainarchaeota"
- "Iainarchaeia"
- "Huberarchaeota"
- "Huberarchaeia"
- "Micrarchaeota"
- "Micrarchaeia"
- "Nanohalarchaeota"
- "Nanohalarchaeia"
- "Nanoarchaeota"
- "Nanoarchaeia"
- "Nanohalobiia"
- "Undinarchaeota"
- "Undinarchaeia"
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