Methanococcoides
In taxonomy, Methanococcoides is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1]
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| Genus: | Methanococcoides |
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Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition. The type species of Methanococcoides is Methanococcoides methylutens.[2][3]
References
- See the NCBI webpage on Methanococcoides. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- Yue Guan; David K. Ngugi; Jochen Blom; Shahjahan Ali; James G. Ferry; Ulrich Stingl (20 November 2014). "Draft Genome Sequence of an Obligately Methylotrophic Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens, Isolated from Marine Sediment". Genome Announcements. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01184-14. PMC 4239356.
- D.R. Boone; et al. (2001). "Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology" (ed.). Order III: methanosarcinales (vol. 1, 2nd ed.). New York: Springer.
Further reading
Scientific journals
- Springer E; Sachs MS; Woese CR; Boone DR (1995). "Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45 (3): 554–559. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-554. PMID 8590683.
- Sowers KR; Johnson JL; Ferry JG (1984). "Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34: 444–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444.
- Sowers KR; Ferry JG (1983). "Isolation and characterization of a methylotrophic marine methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45 (2): 684–690. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
Scientific books
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Methanococcoides
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Methanococcoides
- Search Species2000 page for Methanococcoides
- MicrobeWiki page for Methanococcoides
- LPSN page for Methanococcoides
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