Methanothermus

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]

Methanothermus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanothermaceae
Genus: Methanothermus
Stetter et al. 1982
Type species
Methanothermus fervidus
Stetter et al. 1982
Species

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2016-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 241. ISBN 978-0387254937. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

Further reading
  • Suryawanshi, P.; Chaudhari, A.; Kothari, R. (Mar 2010). "Thermophilic anaerobic digestion: the best option for waste treatment". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 30 (1): 31–40. doi:10.3109/07388550903330505. PMID 20148754. S2CID 5187536.
  • Stetter KO; Thomm M; Winter J; Wildgruber G; et al. (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.


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