Methanoculleus submarinus

Methanoculleus submarinus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Family: Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus: Methanoculleus
Binomial name
Methanoculleus submarinus
Mikucki et al. 2003

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

  1. 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.

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