Methanoculleus submarinus
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.
| Methanoculleus submarinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanoculleus |
| Species: | M. submarinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanoculleus submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003 | |
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" (PDF). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (6): 3311–3316. Bibcode:2003ApEnM..69.3311M. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.6.3311-3316.2003. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 161549. PMID 12788731.
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. Bibcode:2008ApEnM..74.3444C. doi:10.1128/AEM.02114-07. PMC 2423016. PMID 18344348.
- Schaechter, Moselio, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of Microbiology (3rd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-373944-5. OCLC 399645273.
- Horikoshi, Koki, ed. (2011). Extremophiles Handbook. Tokyo: Springer Japan. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-53898-1. ISBN 978-4-431-53897-4.
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