Methanococcoides methylutens

Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).

Methanococcoides methylutens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanococcoides
Species:	M. methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985
Binomial name
Methanococcoides methylutens

Genome

The genome has 15 contigs, 2,508,511 base pairs, and GC content of approximately 42.5%.

Further reading

• Sowers, Kevin R.; Ferry, James G. (1985). "Trace metal and vitamin requirements of Methanococcoides methylutens grown with trimethylamine". Archives of Microbiology. 142 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1007/BF00447058. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 39488613.
• Maitra, P.K.; Bhosale, S.B.; Kshirsagar, Deepa C; Yeole, T.Y.; Shanbhag, Archana N (2001). "Metabolite and enzyme profiles of glycogen metabolism inMethanococcoides methylutens". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 198 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10614.x. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 11325549.
• Lyimo, Thomas J.; Pol, Arjan; Jetten, Mike S. M.; Op den Camp, Huub J. (February 2009). "Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a mangrove sediment and isolation of a new Methanococcoides strain". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 291 (2). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.: 247–253. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01464.x. hdl:2066/75524. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 19146579.

External links

• LPSN
• "Methanococcoides methylutens" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• WORMS
• Type strain of Methanococcoides methylutens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase