Methanothermus sociabilis is a species of methanogen. It grows in large clusters 1 to 3 mm in diameter and in temperatures of up to 97 °C (207 °F).[1] It is found solely in the solfataric fields in Iceland. The cells are bar-shaped and grow strictly through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen, producing methane.[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. sociabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanothermus sociabilis Stetter et al., 1986
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References edit
- ^ Lauerer, Gerta; Kristjansson, Jakob K.; Langworthy, Thomas A.; König, Helmut; Stetter, Karl O. (1986). "Methanothermus sociabilis sp. nov., a Second Species within the Methanothermaceae Growing at 97°C". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 8 (1–2): 100–105. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(86)80156-4. ISSN 0723-2020.
- ^ Vân Trâǹ, J. Thanh, ed. (1992). Frontiers of Life. Vol. 3. Atlantica Séguier Frontières. pp. 209–210. ISBN 2863321250. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
Further reading edit
- Sako Y, Takai K, Uchida A, Ishida Y (August 1996). "Purification and characterization of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanothermus sociabilis". FEBS Letters. 392 (2): 148–52. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(96)00805-8. PMID 8772193.
- Vân Trâǹ, J. Thanh, ed. Frontiers of Life. Vol. 3. Atlantica Séguier Frontières, 1992.
- Duine, J. A.; Verseveld, H. W. van (1987). Microbial growth on C1 compounds: proceedings of the 5th international symposium. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 90-247-3459-2.
External links edit
- "Methanothermus sociabilis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Methanothermus sociabilis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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