Methanothermobacter

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Methanothermobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanobacteriaceae
Genus: Methanothermobacter
Binomial name
Methanobacter
Wasserfallen et al. 2000
Species
  • M. defluvii
  • M. marburgensis
  • M. thermautotrophicus
  • M. thermoflexus
  • M. thermophilus
  • M. wolfeii
Synonyms
  • Methanobacter Boone et al. 1993

In taxonomy, Methanothermobacter is a genus of the Methanobacteriaceae.[1]

References

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

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Wasserfallen A, Nolling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Macario E (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov. and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 43–53. PMID 10826786. 

Scientific books

  • Boone DR, Whitman WB, Rouviere P (1994). "Diversity and taxonomy of methanogens". In JG Ferry, ed. Methanogenesis: Ecology, Physiology, Biochemistry & Genetics. New York: Chapman & Hall. pp. pp.35–80. ISBN 978-0-412-03531-9. 

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