Methanothrix soehngenii

Methanothrix soehngenii
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosaetaceae
Genus: Methanothrix
Species:
M. soehngenii
Binomial name
Methanothrix soehngenii
Huser et al., 1982
Synonyms

Methanothrix soehngenii is a species of methanogenic archaea. Its cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped (0.8×2 μm) and are normally combined end to end in long filaments, surrounded by a sheath-like structure. It is named in honour of N. L. Söhngen.[3]

Metabolism

Unlike other methanogenic archaea, Methanothrix soehngenii cannot reduce carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane. Its sole source of energy is acetate.[4]

Genome

The tRNAala gene of Methanothrix soehngenii differs from those of other archaea in that it encodes a terminal CCA 3′.[4]

References

  1. ^ Methanothrix soehngenii in LPSN; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Peinado-Olarte, Rosa L.; Göker, Markus (7 January 2022). "TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes". Nucleic Acids Research. 50 (D1): D801 – D807. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab902.
  2. ^ C.L. Schoch; et al. "Methanomethylophilus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. ^ Huser, Beat A.; Wuhrmann, Karl; Zehnder, Alexander J. B. (1982). "Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov. sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 132 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1007/BF00690808. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 24180277.
  4. ^ a b Madeleine Sebald, ed. (2012-12-06). Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 55. ISBN 978-1461570875. Retrieved 2016-09-07.

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