Biology:Methanotorris

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Short description: Genus of archaea

Methanotorris
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Methanotorris

Whitman 2002
Type species
Methanotorris igneus
(Burggraf et al. 1990) Whitman 2002
Species
  • M. formicicus
  • M. igneus

In taxonomy, Methanotorris is a genus of the Methanocaldococcaceae.[1] The organisms in this genus differ from those of Methanothermococcus in that they are hyperthermophiles and from those of Methanocaldococcus in that they have no flagella, are not motile, and do not require selenium to grow. These microbes have not been shown to cause any illnesses.[2]

Nomenclature

The name "Methanotorris" comes from the Latin methanum for methane and torris for fire. Overall, it means "organism that produces methane at high temperatures."[2]

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Scientific journals

  • Takai, Ken; Nealson, Ken H.; Horikoshi, Kori (July 2004). "Methanotorris formicius sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Central Indian Ridge". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (4): 1095–1100. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02887-0. PMID 15280275. 

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6823607 entry