Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii

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Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii
Protocyte of a Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii

Protocyte of a Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii

Systematics
Department : Euryarchaeota
Class : Methane generator (Methanobacteria)
Order : Methanobacteriales
Family : Methanobacteriaceae
Genre : Methanobrevibacter
Type : Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii
Scientific name
Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii
Miller & Lin 2002

Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii is an anaerobic , methanogenic archaeon that occurs in the gastrointestinal tract of many mammals .

features

The anaerobic coccus is approximately 0.9 µm long and 0.7 µm wide. He's gram positive . Its thick, multi-layered cell wall is made up of pseudomurein . It usually occurs in neutral solutions . Its temperature optimum is 37–39 ° C. Cells of the type which adolescents in the rumen are catalase negative .

properties

The organism utilizes hydrogen and carbon dioxide , which are excreted as metabolic products by other microorganisms in the intestinal flora . M. gottschalkii forms methane from this with energy gain . The archaeon is one of the hydrogenotrophic methane producers .

External system

The M.gottschalkii is an archaeaon of the Euryarchaeota . He belongs to the methane producers .

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life. In: Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved June 28, 2016 .