Biology:Methanothermus

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Short description: Genus of archaea

Methanothermus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanothermaceae
Genus: Methanothermus
Stetter et al. 1982
Type species
Methanothermus fervidus
Stetter et al. 1982
Species

Methanothermus is a genus of microbes within the family Methanothermaceae.[1] The species within this genes are hyperthermophiles and strictly anaerobic. They produce energy through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane. it is found in hydrothermal vents with temperatures as high as 85 °C and pH 6.5.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Suryawanshi, P.; Chaudhari, A.; Kothari, R. (Mar 2010). "Thermophilic anaerobic digestion: the best option for waste treatment". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 30 (1): 31–40. doi:10.3109/07388550903330505. PMID 20148754. 
  • Stetter KO; Thomm M; Winter J; Wildgruber G et al. (1981). "Methanothermus fervidus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring". Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C2: 166–178. 

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