Methanothermococcus okinawensis is a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon first isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the western Pacific Ocean. Its cells are highly motile, irregular cocci, with a polar bundle of flagella. Its type strain is IH1T (=JCM 11175T =DSM 14208T).[1] It grows at an optimal temperature of 60–65 °C and pH of 6.7. It is strictly anaerobic and reduces carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane, but it can also use formate.[1] Research studies indicate that it might be able to survive extreme conditions in solar system's other bodies, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus.[2]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Takai, K. (2002). "Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (4): 1089–1095. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02106-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
- ^ Taubner, R.-S.; et al. (2018). "Biological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions". Nature Communications. 9 (748): 748. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9..748T. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02876-y. PMC 5829080. PMID 29487311.
Further reading
edit- Martin Dworkin; Stanley Falkow (10 October 2006). The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Springer. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-0-387-25493-7.
- Amy Claire Rosenzweig; Stephen W. Ragsdale (2011). Methods in Methane Metabolism: Methanogenesis. Academic Press. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-0-12-385112-3.
External links
edit- "Methanothermococcus okinawensis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Methanothermococcus okinawensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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