Methanomethylovorans

Methanomethylovorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanomethylovorans; Lomans et al. 2004
Type species
	Methanomethylovorans hollandica; Lomans et al. 2004
Species
	M. hollandica; M. thermophila; M. uponensis; "M. victoriae";

In taxonomy, Methanomethylovorans is a genus of microorganisms with the family Methanosarcinaceae.^[1] This genus was first described in 1999. The species within it generally live in freshwater environments, including rice paddies, freshwater sediments and contaminated soil. They produce methane from methanol, methylamines, dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. With the exception of M. thermophila, which has an optimal growth temperature of 50 °C, these species are mesophiles and do not tend to grow at temperatures above 40 °C.^[2]

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^ B. Jiang; S. N. Parshina; W. van Doesburg; B. P. Lomans; A. J. M. Stams (November 2015). "Methanomethylovorans thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen from an anaerobic reactor fed with methanol". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55 (6): 2465–2470. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63818-0. PMID 16280511.

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[2] B. Jiang; S. N. Parshina; W. van Doesburg; B. P. Lomans; A. J. M. Stams (November 2015). "Methanomethylovorans thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen from an anaerobic reactor fed with methanol". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55 (6): 2465–2470. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63818-0. PMID 16280511.

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