Methanothrix soehngenii

Methanothrix soehngenii
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosaetceae
Genus: Methanothrix
Species: Methanothrix soehngenii
Huser et al., 1982

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.[1]

References

  1. 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.

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