Methanoplanus

Methanoplanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus:	Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984
Type species
Methanoplanus limicolus corrig. Wildgruber et al. 1984
Species
M. endosymbiosus M. limicolus

In taxonomy, Methanoplanus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae,[1] comprising three species of methanogenic, or methane-producing, archaea. The cells are irregular coccoid in shape, tend to stain Gram-negative and do not form endospores.[2]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanoplanus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Vol. 1. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

Further reading

• Wildgruber G; Thomm M Konig H; Ober K; Ricchiuto T; et al. (1982). "Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae" (PDF). Arch. Microbiol. 132: 31–36. doi:10.1007/BF00690813. S2CID 31261672.
• Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.