Methanococcoides methylutens

Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).[1]

Methanococcoides methylutens
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanosarcinales
Family:
Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:
Methanococcoides
Species:
M. methylutens

Sowers and Ferry 1985
Binomial name
Methanococcoides methylutens

Genome

The genome has 15 contigs, 2,508,511 base pairs, and GC content of approximately 42.5%.[2]

References
  1. K. R. Sowers & J. G. Ferry (February 1983). "Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 684–690. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.
  2. Yue Guan; David K. Ngugi; Jochen Blom; Shahjahan Ali; James G. Ferry; Ulrich Stingl (2014-11-20). "Draft Genome Sequence of an Obligately Methylotrophic Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens, Isolated from Marine Sediment" (PDF). Genome Announcements. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01184-14. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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