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| Methanoplanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Methanoplanus limicolus corrig. Wildgruber et al. 1984 | |
| Species | |
Methanoplanus is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae,[1] comprising three species of methanogenic, or methane-producing, archaea. The cells are irregular coccoid in shape, tend to stain Gram-negative and do not form endospores.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanoplanus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ↑ John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Vol. 1. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
Further reading
[edit]- Wildgruber G; Thomm M Konig H; Ober K; Ricchiuto T; et al. (1982). "Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae" (PDF). Arch. Microbiol. 132 (1): 31–36. Bibcode:1982ArMic.132...31W. doi:10.1007/BF00690813. S2CID 31261672.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
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