Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii

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Domain Archaea Family Methanobacteriaceae Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species		Kingdom Euryarchaeota Genus Methanobrevibacter Higher classification Methanobrevibacter Order Methanobacteriales
Scientific name Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Similar Methanobrevibacter, Archaeans, Methanobacteria, Euryarchaeota, Methanobrevibacter smithii

Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Gerhard Gottschalk.

Description

It is a coccobacillus with rounded ends, about 0.7 micrometres in width and 0.9 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell wall is composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is HO^T (=DSM 11977^T =OCM 813^T). It was first isolated from horse and pig faeces.

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