Methanothermus fervidus is a species of methanogen.[1] It is notable for being extremely thermophilic. Its cells are rod-shaped; its complex cell envelope exhibits two layers, each about 12 nm thick; the inner represents the pseudomurein sacculus and the outer a protein envelope. The type strain is Methanothermus fervidus Stetter 1982. The cells are motile, strictly anaerobic and stain Gram positive. They can grow at temperatures as high as 97 °C. Strain V24ST can subsist on carbon dioxide and hydrogen alone. Its genome is 1,243,342 bp in length.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanobacteria |
| Order: | Methanobacteriales |
| Family: | Methanothermaceae |
| Genus: | Methanothermus |
| Species: | M. fervidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanothermus fervidus Stetter et al., 1981
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References edit
- ^ Stetter, Karl O.; Thomm, Michael; Winter, Josef; Wildgruber, Gertrud; Huber, Harald; Zillig, Wolfram; Jané-Covic, Davorin; König, Helmut; Palm, Peter; Wunderl, Simon (1981). "Methanothermus fervidus, sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic methanogen isolated from an Icelandic hot spring" (PDF). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene: I. Abt. Originale C: Allgemeine, Angewandte und Ökologische Mikrobiologie. 2 (2): 166–178. doi:10.1016/s0721-9571(81)80038-5.
- ^ Iain Anderson; Olivier Duplex Ngatchou Djao; Monica Misra; Olga Chertkov; et al. (2010-12-31). "Complete genome sequence of Methanothermus fervidus type strain (V24ST)". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 3 (3): 315–24. doi:10.4056/sigs.1283367. PMC 3035299. PMID 21304736.
Further reading edit
- Sandman, Kathleen; et al. (1990). "HMf, a DNA-binding protein isolated from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanothermus fervidus, is most closely related to histones". PNAS. 87 (15): 5788–5791. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.5788S. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.15.5788. PMC 54413. PMID 2377617.
- Sandman, Kathleen; et al. (1994). "Growth-phase-dependent synthesis of histones in the archaeon Methanothermus fervidus". PNAS. 91 (26): 12624–12628. Bibcode:1994PNAS...9112624S. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.26.12624. PMC 45491. PMID 7809089.
- Steigerwald V. J.; Beckler G. S.; Reeve J. N. (1990). "Conservation of hydrogenase and polyferredoxin structures in the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Methanothermus fervidus". Journal of Bacteriology. 172 (8): 4715–4718. doi:10.1128/jb.172.8.4715-4718.1990. PMC 213312. PMID 2115877.
- Anderson, Iain; et al. (2010). "Complete genome sequence of Methanothermus fervidus type strain (V24S(T))". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 3 (3): 315–324. doi:10.4056/sigs.1283367. PMC 3035299. PMID 21304736.
External links edit
- "Methanothermus fervidus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Methanothermus fervidus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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