Methanothrix soehngenii

Methanothrix soehngenii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosaetaceae
Genus:	Methanothrix
Species:	Methanothrix soehngenii; Huser et al., 1982

Methanothrix soehngenii is a species of methanogenic archaea. Its cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped (0.8×2 μm) and are normally combined end to end in long filaments, surrounded by a sheath-like structure. It is named in honour of N. L. Söhngen.^[1]

^ Huser, Beat A.; Wuhrmann, Karl; Zehnder, Alexander J. B. (1982). "Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov. sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 132 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1007/BF00690808. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 24180277.

[HuserWuhrmann1982-1] Huser, Beat A.; Wuhrmann, Karl; Zehnder, Alexander J. B. (1982). "Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov. sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 132 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1007/BF00690808. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 24180277.

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