Domain Archaea Class Methanomicrobia Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Methanosarcinaceae Genus Methanococcoides Order Methanosarcinales | |
Similar Methanococcoides, Archaeans, Methanolobus, Methanococcoides burtonii, Methanocorpusculum | ||
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).
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