Methanolobus

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Methanolobus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanolobus
Species
  • M. bombayensis
  • M. oregonensis
  • M. sp. R15
  • M. taylorii
  • M. tindarius
  • M. vulcani
  • uncultured Methanolobus sp.
Synonyms
  • Methanolobus Konig and Stetter 1983

In taxonomy, Methanolobus is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanolobus. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

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[edit] Scientific journals

  • Springer E, Sachs MS, Woese CR, Boone DR (1995). "Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45: 554–559. PMID 8590683. 
  • Sowers KR, Johnson JL, Ferry JG (1984). "Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34: 444–450. 
  • Konig H, Stetter KO (1982). "Isolation and characterization of Methanolobus tindarius, sp. nov., a coccoid methanogen growing only on methanol and methylamines". Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C3: 478–490. 
  • Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43: 260–296. PMID 390357. 

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