Methanobrevibacter wolinii

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Domain Archaea Class Methanobacteria Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species		Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Methanobacteriaceae Genus Methanobrevibacter Order Methanobacteriales
Similar Methanobrevibacter, Methanobrevibacter smithii, Methanotorris, Methanogenium frigidum

Methanobrevibacter wolinii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Meyer J. Wolin.

Description

Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about t 0.6 micrometres in width and 1.0-1.4 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell walls are composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is SH^T (=DSM 11976^T =OCM 814^T). It was first isolated from sheep faeces.

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