Methanococcus maripaludis
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 522202. PMID 15466049.
Further reading
- J. Ladapo & W. B. Whitman (August 1990). "Method for isolation of auxotrophs in the methanogenic archaebacteria: role of the acetyl-CoA pathway of autotrophic CO2 fixation in Methanococcus maripaludis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 87 (15): 5598–5602. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.5598L. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.15.5598. PMC 54374. PMID 11607093.
- Haydock, A; Porat, I; Whitman, W; Leigh, J (2004). "Continuous culture of under defined nutrient conditions". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 238 (1): 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.021. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 15336407.
- Lohner, Svenja T; Deutzmann, Jörg S; Logan, Bruce E; Leigh, John; Spormann, Alfred M (20 May 2014). "Hydrogenase-independent uptake and metabolism of electrons by the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis". The ISME Journal. 8 (8): 1673–1681. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.82. PMC 4817615. PMID 24844759.
External links
- LPSN
- "Methanococcus maripaludis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Methanococcus maripaludis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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