Methanobrevibacter woesei

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Methanobrevibacter woesei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanobacteriaceae
Genus: Methanobrevibacter
Species:
M. woesei
Binomial name
Methanobrevibacter woesei
Miller and Lin, 2002

Methanobrevibacter woesei is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Carl R. Woese.[1]

Description[edit]

Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about 0.6 micrometres in width and 1 micrometre in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell walls are composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is GST(=DSM 11979T =OCM 815T). It was first isolated from goose faeces.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Miller, T. L. (2002). "Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (3): 819–822. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02022-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12054244.
  2. ^ Saengkerdsub, S.; Anderson, R. C.; Wilkinson, H. H.; Kim, W.-K.; Nisbet, D. J.; Ricke, S. C. (2006). "Identification and Quantification of Methanogenic Archaea in Adult Chicken Ceca". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (1): 353–356. doi:10.1128/AEM.01931-06. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1797138. PMID 17085694.

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