Methanoculleus submarinus
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| Methanoculleus submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003
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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.
External links
- LPSN
- "Methanoculleus submarinus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Methanoculleus submarinus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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