Methanoplanus

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Methanoplanus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Family: Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus: Methanoplanus
Species
  • M. endosymbiosus
  • M. limicola
  • M. petrolearius
  • uncultured Methanoplanus sp.
Synonyms
  • Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984

In taxonomy, Methanoplanus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae,[1] comprising three species of methanogenic, or methane-producing, archaea.

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

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[edit] Scientific journals

  • Wildgruber G, Thomm M Konig H, Ober K, Ricchiuto T, Stetter KO (1982). "Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae". Arch. Microbiol. 132: 31–36. doi:10.1007/BF00690813. 
  • 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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