| Methanoculleus submarinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanoculleus |
| Species: | M. submarinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanoculleus submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003
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Methanoculleus submarinus is a methanogen. It is non-motile and highly irregular coccoid-shaped (with average diameter of 0.8-2 μm).[1] Nankai-1 is its type strain.
- ^ Mikucki, J. A.; Liu, Y.; Delwiche, M.; Colwell, F. S.; Boone, D. R. (2003). "Isolation of a Methanogen from Deep Marine Sediments That Contain Methane Hydrates, and Description of Methanoculleus submarinus sp. nov" (PDF). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69 (6): 3311–3316. Bibcode:2003ApEnM..69.3311M. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.6.3311-3316.2003. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 161549. PMID 12788731.