Methanoculleus submarinus
| Methanoculleus submarinus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanoculleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanoculleus submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003 | |
Methanoculleus submarinus is a methanogen. It is non-motile and highly irregular coccoid-shaped (with average diameter of 0.8-2 μm).[1] Nankai-1 is its type strain.
References
- ↑ Mikucki, J. A.; Liu, Y.; Delwiche, M.; Colwell, F. S.; Boone, D. R. (2003). "Isolation of a Methanogen from Deep Marine Sediments That Contain Methane Hydrates, and Description of Methanoculleus submarinus sp. nov.". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (6): 3311–3316. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.6.3311-3316.2003. ISSN 0099-2240.
Further reading
- Colwell, F.S. (June 2008). "Estimates of biogenic methane production rates in deep marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia margin". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (11): 3444-3452. doi:10.1128/AEM.02114-07. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- Schaechter, Moselio. Encyclopedia of microbiology. Academic Press, 2009.
- Horikoshi, Koki, ed. Extremophiles Handbook:... Vol. 1. Springer, 2011.
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