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 HOT (=DSM 11977T =OCM 813T). It was first isolated from horse and pig faeces.
References
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