Methanothrix soehngenii
| Methanothrix soehngenii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Family: | Methanosaetceae |
| Genus: | Methanothrix |
| Species: | Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al., 1982 |
Methanothrix soehngenii is a species of methanogenic archaea. Its cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped (0.8×2 μm) and are normally combined end to end in long filaments, surrounded by a sheath-like structure. It is named in honour of N. L. Söhngen.[1]
References
- ↑ Huser, Beat A.; Wuhrmann, Karl; Zehnder, Alexander J. B. (1982). "Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov. sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 132 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1007/BF00690808. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
- Jetten MS; Stams AJ; Zehnder AJ (October 1989). "Isolation and characterization of acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase from Methanothrix soehngenii". Journal of Bacteriology. 171 (10): 5430–5. PMC 210380
. PMID 2571608. Retrieved 2013-07-22. - Jetten, M (1992). "Methanogenesis from acetate: a comparison of the acetate metabolism in Methanothrix soehngenii and Methanosarcina spp.". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 88 (3-4): 181–197. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90802-U. ISSN 0378-1097.
- Fathepure, Babu Z (1987) Factors Affecting the Methanogenic Activity of Methanothrix soehngenii VNBF. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 53 (12). pp. 2978–2982.
- TOUZEL, JEAN PIERRE, et al. "Description of a new strain of Methanothrix soehngenii and rejection of Methanothrix concilii as a synonym of Methanothrix soehngenii." International journal of systematic bacteriology 38.1 (1988): 30-36.
- Tindall, B.J.; Trueper, H.G. (July 2008). "Rejection of the genus name Methanothfiix with the species Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983 and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992 to the genus Methanosaeta as Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Opinion 75". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (7): 1753–1754. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.2008/005355-0. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
External links
- Methanothrix soehngenii at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LSPN
- Type strain of Methanothrix soehngenii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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