Methanococcus maripaludis
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]
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| Species: | Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984 |
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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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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