Methanothermococcus okinawensis

Methanothermococcus okinawensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanococci
Order:
Methanococcales
Family:
Methanococcaceae
Genus:
Methanothermococcus
Species:
M. okinawensis
Binomial name
Methanothermococcus okinawensis
Takai et al. 2002

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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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

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