Methanogenium

In taxonomy, Methanogenium is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The type species is Methanogenium cariaci.[2]

Methanogenium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanomicrobiales
Family:
Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus:
Methanogenium
Binomial name
Methanogenium
Romesser et al. 1981
Species

Description and habitat

The species within Methanogenium are coccoid in shape and Gram-negatives and, like other methanogenic archaea, they produce methane from carbon dioxide, hydrogen or formate as substrates.[2] Although they occasionally have flagella, they are non-motile. They are strictly anaerobic, and can be found in marine and lake sediments that lack oxygen.[3]

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanogenium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. J.A. Romesser; R.S. Wolfe; F. Mayer; E. Spiess; A. Walther-Mauruschat (May 1979). "Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization ofMethanogenium cariaci sp. nov. andMethanogenium marisnigri sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 121 (2): 147–153. doi:10.1007/BF00689979. S2CID 43604013.
  3. John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

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