Methanococcoides methylutens
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| Methanococcoides methylutens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Family: | Methanosarcinaceae |
| Genus: | Methanococcoides |
| Species: | M. methylutens |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanococcoides methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985 | |
Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).[1]
The genome has 15 contigs, 2,508,511 base pairs, and GC content of approximately 42.5%.[2]
