Methanolobus

Methanolobus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanosarcinales
Family:
Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:
Methanolobus

Konig and Stetter 1983
Type species
Methanolobus tindarius
Konig and Stetter 1983
Species

In taxonomy, Methanolobus is a genus of methanogenic archaea within the Methanosarcinaceae.[1] These organisms are strictly anaerobes and live exclusively through the production of methane, but the species within Methanolobus cannot use carbon dioxide with hydrogen, acetate or formate, only methyl compounds. The cells are irregular coccoid in form and approximately 1 μm in diameter. They do not form endospores. They are Gram negative and only some are motile, via a single flagellum. They are found in lake and ocean sediments that lack oxygen.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCBI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative bacteriology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p. 724. ISBN 0683006037. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. ^ Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2016-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 252. ISBN 978-0387254937. Retrieved 2016-08-08.