Methanothermobacter Explained

Methanothermobacter is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanobacteriaceae.^[1] The species within this genus are thermophilic and grow best at temperatures between 55 °C and 65 °C. They are methanogens; they use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as substrates to produce methane for energy.^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Metabolism

The metabolism of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus has been reconstructed in the form of experimentally validated computer models for the two strains Z-245 and ΔH.^[10]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Seifert. A.H.. Rittmann. S.. Herwig. C. Analysis of process related factors to increase volumetric productivity and quality of biomethane with Methanothermobacter marburgensis. Applied Energy. 20 July 2014. 132. 155–162. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.002.
• Wasserfallen A . Nolling J . Pfister P . Reeve J . 4 . Conway de Macario E . 2000 . Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov. and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 50 . 43 - 53 . 10826786 . 10.1099/00207713-50-1-43. free .

External links

• Methanothermobacter at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermobacter. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: Stanley Falkow. Eugene Rosenberg. Karl-Heinz Schleifer. Erko Stackebrandt. The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. 241. 2006-10-10. 2016-08-30. 0387254935.
3. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Methanothermobacter . 23 February 2022 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
4. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
10. Casini . Isabella. McCubbin . Tim. Esquivel-Elizondo . Sofia. Luque . Guillermo G.. Evseeva . Daria. Fink . Christian. Beblawy . Sebastian. Youngblut . Nicholas D.. Aristilde . Ludmilla. Huson . Daniel H.. Dräger . Andreas. Ley . Ruth E.. Marcellin . Esteban. Angenent . Largus T.. Molitor . Bastian. Andreas Dräger. Ruth E. Ley. Lars T. Angenent. 2023. An integrated systems-biology approach reveals differences in formate metabolism in the genus Methanothermobacter. iScience. 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108016. 10579436 . free.