Methanolacinia

In taxonomy, Methanolacinia is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The cells are bar-shaped and irregular 0.6 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.5 μm in length. They do not form endospores. Most are non-motile, but some have a single flagellum. They are strictly anaerobic. They produce methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen and cannot use formate, acetate or methyl compounds as substrates.[2]

Methanolacinia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanomicrobiales
Family:
Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus:
Methanolacinia

Zellner et al. 1990
Type species
Methanolacinia paynteri
(Rivard et al. 1984) Zellner et al. 1990
Species

See also

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanolacinia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 0683006037. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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