Methanothermus sociabilis

Methanothermus sociabilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanothermaceae
Genus: Methanothermus
Species: Methanothermus sociabilis
Stetter et al., 1986

Methanothermus sociabilis is a species of methanogen. It grows in large clusters 1 to 3 mm in diameter and in temperatures of up to 97 °C (207 °F).[1]

References

  1. Lauerer, Gerta; Kristjansson, Jakob K.; Langworthy, Thomas A.; König, Helmut; Stetter, Karl O. (1986). "Methanothermus sociabilis sp. nov., a Second Species within the Methanothermaceae Growing at 97°C". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 8 (1-2): 100–105. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(86)80156-4. ISSN 0723-2020.

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