Methanomethylovorans

In taxonomy, Methanomethylovorans is a genus of microorganisms with the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1] This genus was first described in 1999. The species within it generally live in freshwater environments, including rice paddies, freshwater sediments and contaminated soil. They produce methane from methanol, methylamines, dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. With the exception of M. thermophila, which has an optimal growth temperature of 50 °C, these species are mesophiles and do not tend to grow at temperatures above 40 °C.[2]

Methanomethylovorans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanosarcinales
Family:
Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:
Methanomethylovorans
Binomial name
Methanomethylovorans
Lomans et al. 2004
Species

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanomethylovorans. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. B. Jiang; S. N. Parshina; W. van Doesburg; B. P. Lomans; A. J. M. Stams (November 2015). "Methanomethylovorans thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen from an anaerobic reactor fed with methanol". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55: 2465–2470. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63818-0. PMID 16280511.

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