| Methanothermococcus okinawensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | Methanococci |
| Order: | Methanococcales |
| Family: | Methanococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methanothermococcus |
| Species: | M. okinawensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002
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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).1 It grows at an optimal temperature of 60–65 °C and pH of 6.7. It is strictly anaerobic and reduces carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane, but it can also use formate.1 Research studies indicate that it might be able to survive extreme conditions in solar system's other bodies, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus.2
References
References
- Takai, K. (2002). "Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (4): 1089–1095. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02106-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
- Taubner, R.-S.; et al. (2018). "Biological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions". Nature Communications. 9 (748): 748. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9..748T. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02876-y. PMC 5829080. PMID 29487311.
Further reading
Further reading
- Martin Dworkin; Stanley Falkow (10 October 2006). The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Springer. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-0-387-25493-7.
- Amy Claire Rosenzweig; Stephen W. Ragsdale (2011). Methods in Methane Metabolism: Methanogenesis. Academic Press. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-0-12-385112-3.