Methanofollis
| Methanofollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanofollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999 | |
| Species | |
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In taxonomy, Methanofollis is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1]
Description and significance
Methanofollis ("a methane-producing bag") is a non-motile, Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, mesophilic archaeon that produces methane. It grows between the temperatures 20–45 °C (optimum 34–40 °C), and at the pH of around 7.
Genome structure
The genome of the archaeon has not yet sequenced. The G + C content of the DNA is determined to be 60.0%.
Cell structure and metabolism
The cells of Methanofollis are highly irregular cocci, with diameter of 1.25–2.0 µm. The major polar lipids are phospholipids, glycolipids, and phosphoglycolipids. It utilizes H2/CO2, formate, 2-propanol/CO2, and 2-butanol/CO2 for growth and methanogenesis. No growth has been observed on acetate, trimethylamine, methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, isobutanol, or 2-butanol as catabolic substrates.
Ecology
Most species of the archaeon are isolated from anaerobic high-rate wastewater bioreactors or solfataric fields. For example, M. tationis was isolated from a solfataric field on Mount Tatio in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanofollis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Further reading
Scientific journals
- Zellner G; Boone DR; Keswani J; Whitman WB et al. (1999). "Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49: 247–255. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-247. PMID 10028269.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
- Shimizu, Satoru; Ueno, Akio; Ishijima, Yoji (September 7, 2011). "Microbial Communities Associated with Acetate-Rich Gas-Petroleum Reservoir Surface Facilities". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 75 (9): 1835–1837. doi:10.1271/bbb.110243.
Scientific databases
- PubMed references for Methanofollis
- PubMed Central references for Methanofollis
- Google Scholar references for Methanofollis
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Methanofollis
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Methanofollis
- Search Species2000 page for Methanofollis
- MicrobeWiki page for Methanofollis
- LSPN page for Methanofollis