Methanothrix soehngenii

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]

Methanothrix soehngenii
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Methanothrix soehngenii

Huser et al., 1982

Metabolism

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Unlike other methanogenic archaea, Methanothrix soehngenii cannot reduce carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane. Its sole source of energy is acetate.[2]

Genome

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The tRNAala gene of Methanothrix soehngenii differs from those of other archaea in that it encodes a terminal CCA 3′.[2]

References

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  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.
  2. ^ a b Madeleine Sebald, ed. (2012-12-06). Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 55. ISBN 978-1461570875. Retrieved 2016-09-07.

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