Methanoplanus endosymbiosus
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| Methanoplanus endosymbiosus van Bruggen et al. 1986
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Methanoplanus endosymbiosus is a species of archaeon, an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus. It is an irregular, disc-shaped bacterium with a diameter of 1.6–3.4 μms and type strain MC1.[1]
References
- ^ Bruggen, J. J. A.; Zwart, K. B.; Hermans, J. G. F.; Hove, E. M.; Stumm, C. K.; Vogels, G. D. (1986). "Isolation and characterization of Methanoplanus endosymbiosus sp. nov., an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus quennerstedt". Archives of Microbiology. 144 (4): 367–374. doi:10.1007/BF00409886. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
- Poirot CC, Van Alebeek GJ, Keltjens JT, Vogels GD (1991). "Identification of para-Cresol as a Growth Factor for Methanoplanus endosymbiosus". Appl Environ Microbiol. 57 (4): 976–80. PMC 182832. PMID 16348474.
External links
- "Methanoplanus endosymbiosus". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Methanoplanus endosymbiosus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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