Domain Archaea Class Methanococci Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Methanococcaceae Genus Methanothermococcus Order Methanococcales | |
Similar Methanotorris, Ignisphaera, Methanocorpusculum | ||
Methanothermococcus okinawensis is a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon first isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the western Pacific Ocean. Its cells are highly motile, irregular cocci, with a polar bundle of flagella. Its type strain is IH1T (=JCM 11175T =DSM 14208T).
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