Methanobrevibacter cuticularis is a species of methanogen archaeon.[1][2] It was first isolated from the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. It is rod-shaped, ranging in size from 0.34 to 1.6 µm and possesses polar fibers. Its morphology, gram-positive staining reaction, resistance to cell lysis by chemical agents and narrow range of utilizable substrates are typical of species belonging to the family Methanobacteriaceae. It habitates on or near the hindgut epithelium and also attached to filamentous prokaryotes associated with the gut wall. It is one of the predominant gut biota.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanobacteria |
| Order: | Methanobacteriales |
| Family: | Methanobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Methanobrevibacter |
| Species: | M. cuticularis
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| Methanobrevibacter cuticularis Leadbetter & Breznak, 1996
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References edit
- ^ Tholen, Anne; Pester, Michael; Brune, Andreas (2007). "Simultaneous methanogenesis and oxygen reduction by Methanobrevibacter cuticularis at low oxygen fluxes". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 62 (3): 303–312. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00390.x. ISSN 0168-6496. PMID 17961173.
- ^ Leadbetter JR; Breznak JA (October 1996). "Physiological ecology of Methanobrevibacter cuticularis sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter curvatus sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62 (10): 3620–31. Bibcode:1996ApEnM..62.3620L. doi:10.1128/aem.62.10.3620-3631.1996. PMC 168169. PMID 8837417.
Further reading edit
- Hackstein, Johannes HP, ed. (endo) symbiotic methanogenic archaea. Vol. 19. Springer, 2010.
- Schaechter; Moselio (2009). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. San Diego: Academic Press [Imprint]. ISBN 978-0-12-373944-5.
- Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25493-5.
- Bignell, David Edward, Yves Roisin, and Nathan Lo, eds. Biology of termites: A modern synthesis. Springer, 2011.
External links edit
- LPSN
- "Methanobrevibacter cuticularis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Methanobrevibacter cuticularis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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