Methanococcus maripaludis

Methanococcus maripaludis
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanococcaceae
Genus: Methanococcus
Species: Methanococcus maripaludis
Jones et al. 1984

Methanococcus maripaludis is a species of methanogen. It is anaerobic, weakly motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, and a pleomorphic coccoid-rod averaging 1.2 by 1.6 μm is size.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Jones, W. Jack; Paynter, M. J. B.; Gupta, R. (1983). "Characterization of Methanococcus maripaludis sp. nov., a new methanogen isolated from salt marsh sediment". Archives of Microbiology. 135 (2): 91–97. doi:10.1007/BF00408015. ISSN 0302-8933.
  2. E. L. Hendrickson, R. Kaul, Y. Zhou, D. Bovee, P. Chapman, J. Chung, E. Conway de Macario, J. A. Dodsworth, W. Gillett, D. E. Graham, M. Hackett, A. K. Haydock, A. Kang, M. L. Land, R. Levy, T. J. Lie, T. A. Major, B. C. Moore, I. Porat, A. Palmeiri, G. Rouse, C. Saenphimmachak, D. Soll, S. Van Dien, T. Wang, W. B. Whitman, Q. Xia, Y. Zhang, F. W. Larimer, M. V. Olson & J. A. Leigh (October 2004). "Complete genome sequence of the genetically tractable hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis". Journal of bacteriology. 186 (20): 6956–6969. doi:10.1128/JB.186.20.6956-6969.2004. PMC 522202Freely accessible. PMID 15466049.

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