Methanothermococcus okinawensis
| Methanothermococcus okinawensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanococci |
| Order: | Methanococcales |
| Family: | Methanococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methanothermococcus |
| Species: | M. okinawensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002 | |
Methanothermococcus okinawensis is a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon first isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the western Pacific Ocean. Its cells are highly motile, irregular cocci, with a polar bundle of flagella. Its type strain is IH1T (=JCM 11175T =DSM 14208T).[1]
References
- ↑ Takai, K. (2002). "Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 52 (4): 1089–1095. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02106-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
- Martin Dworkin; Stanley Falkow (10 October 2006). The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Springer. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-0-387-25493-7.
- Amy Claire Rosenzweig; Stephen W. Ragsdale (2011). Methods in Methane Metabolism: Methanogenesis. Academic Press. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-0-12-385112-3.