Methanoplanus

In taxonomy, Methanoplanus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae,[1] comprising three species of methanogenic, or methane-producing, archaea. The cells are irregular coccoid in shape, tend to stain Gram-negative and do not form endospores.[2]

Methanoplanus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanomicrobiales
Family:
Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus:
Methanoplanus
Binomial name
Methanoplanus
Wildgruber et al. 1984
Species

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanoplanus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. 1. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

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