Methanothermus Explained

Methanothermus is a genus of microbes within the family Methanothermaceae.^[1] The species within this genes are hyperthermophiles and strictly anaerobic. They produce energy through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane. it is found in hydrothermal vents with temperatures as high as 85 °C and pH 6.5.^[2]

Further reading

• Suryawanshi. P.. Chaudhari. A.. Kothari. R.. Thermophilic anaerobic digestion: the best option for waste treatment. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. Mar 2010. 30. 1. 31–40. 10.3109/07388550903330505. 20148754. 5187536.
• Stetter KO . Thomm M . Winter J . Wildgruber G . 4 . Huber H . Zillig W . Jane-Covic D . Konig H . Palm P . Wunderl S . 1981 . Methanothermus fervidus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring . Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. . C2 . 166 - 178 .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermus. 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. 2016-10-10. 2016-08-30 . 978-0387254937.