Methanobrevibacter woesei explained

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

Description

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 GS^T(=DSM 11979^T =OCM 815^T). It was first isolated from goose faeces.^[2]

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 woesei 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 .
2. Saengkerdsub. S.. Anderson. R. C.. Wilkinson. H. H.. Kim. W.-K.. Nisbet. D. J.. Ricke. S. C.. Identification and Quantification of Methanogenic Archaea in Adult Chicken Ceca. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73. 1. 2006. 353–356. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.01931-06. 17085694. 1797138.