Methanothermobacter marburgensis

Methanothermobacter marburgensis is a thermophilic and obligately autotrophic archaeon. Its type strain is MarburgT.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

Methanothermobacter marburgensis
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M. marburgensis

Wasserfallen et al. 2000
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Methanothermobacter marburgensis

It is named after the city of Marburg in Germany, where it was isolated from sewage sludge, but it also lives in hot springs. The cells are slender and bar-shaped. They reduce carbon dioxide and hydrogen for energy, but they can also metabolize ethyl.[3]

References

  1. Wasserfallen, A.; Nolling, J.; Pfister, P.; Reeve, J.; 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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-43. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10826786.
  2. Liesegang, H.; Kaster, A.-K.; Wiezer, A.; Goenrich, M.; Wollherr, A.; Seedorf, H.; Gottschalk, G.; Thauer, R. K. (2010). "Complete Genome Sequence of Methanothermobacter marburgensis, a Methanoarchaeon Model Organism". Journal of Bacteriology. 192 (21): 5850–5851. doi:10.1128/JB.00844-10. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 2953689. PMID 20802048.
  3. Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 240. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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