Methanococcoides methylutens
| Methanococcoides methylutens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Family: | Methanosarcinaceae |
| Genus: | Methanococcoides |
| Species: | M. methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985 |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanococcoides methylutens | |
Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).[1]
References
- ↑ K. R. Sowers & J. G. Ferry (February 1983). "Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Applied and environmental microbiology 45 (2): 684–690. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.
Further reading
- Sowers, Kevin R.; Ferry, James G. (1985). "Trace metal and vitamin requirements of Methanococcoides methylutens grown with trimethylamine". Archives of Microbiology 142 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1007/BF00447058. ISSN 0302-8933.
- Maitra, P.K.; Bhosale, S.B.; Kshirsagar, Deepa C; Yeole, T.Y.; Shanbhag, Archana N (2001). "Metabolite and enzyme profiles of glycogen metabolism inMethanococcoides methylutens". FEMS Microbiology Letters 198 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10614.x. ISSN 0378-1097.
- Lyimo, Thomas J.; Pol, Arjan; Jetten, Mike S. M.; Op den Camp, Huub J. (February 2009). "Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a mangrove sediment and isolation of a new Methanococcoides strain". FEMS Microbiology Letters (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.) 291 (2): 247–253. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01464.x. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 19146579.