Methanobrevibacter thaueri explained

Methanobrevibacter thaueri is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Rolf K. Thauer.^[1]

Description

Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about 0.5 micrometres in width and 0.6-1.2 micrometres 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 CW^T (=DSM 11995^T =OCM 817^T). It was first isolated from cow faeces.

Further reading

• Book: (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea . Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg . 2010 . 978-3-642-13615-3 . Hackstein . Johannes H. P. . Heidelberg . 669832766.
• Book: Schaechter, Moselio . Encyclopedia of Microbiology . Academic Press [Imprint] . San Diego . 2009 . 978-0-12-373944-5 .
• Book: Falkow, Stanley . Dworkin, Martin . The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria . Springer . Berlin . 2006 . 0-387-25493-5 .
• Book: Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis . Springer . 2011 . 978-90-481-3977-4 . Bignell . David Edward . Dordrecht . 682911246 . Roisin . Yves . Lo . Nathan.

External links

• LPSN
  • Type strain of Methanobrevibacter thaueri at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Miller. T. L.. 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. 2002. 819–822. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.02022-0. 12054244 .