Methanoplanus endosymbiosus
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| Methanoplanus endosymbiosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanoplanus |
| Species: | M. endosymbiosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanoplanus endosymbiosus van Bruggen et al. 1986 | |
Methanoplanus endosymbiosus is a species of archaeon, an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus. It is an irregular, disc-shaped bacterium with a diameter of 1.6–3.4 μms and type strain MC1.[1] Its 16S DNA was sequenced in 1994, eight years after the initial isolation, and it was found to share considerable similarity with that of Methanoplanus limicola.[2]
