Methanosphaera stadtmanae is a methanogen archaeon. It is a non-motile, Gram-positive, spherical-shaped organism that obtains energy by using hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane. It does not possess cytochromes and is part of the large intestine's biota.[1][2][3][4][5] [6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanobacteria |
| Order: | Methanobacteriales |
| Family: | Methanobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Methanosphaera |
| Species: | M. stadtmanae
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanosphaera stadtmanae Miller & Wollin, 1985
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References edit
- ^ Miller, Terry L.; Wolin, Meyer J. (1985). "Methanosphaera stadtmaniae gen. nov., sp. nov.: a species that forms methane by reducing methanol with hydrogen". Archives of Microbiology. 141 (2): 116–122. doi:10.1007/BF00423270. ISSN 0302-8933. PMID 3994486. S2CID 35768199.
- ^ Aminov, Rustam (2013). "Role of archaea in human disease". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 3 (42): 42. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2013.00042. PMC 3741462. PMID 23964350.
- ^ Lurie-Weinberger, Mor; Gophna, Uri (June 11, 2015). "Archaea in and on the Human Body: Health Implications and Future Directions". PLOS Pathogens. 11 (6): e1004833. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004833. PMC 4466265. PMID 26066650.
- ^ F. Fricke, Wolfgang; Seedorf, Henning; Henne, Anke; Kruer, Markus; Liesegang, Heiko; Hedderich, Reiner; Gottschalk, Gerhard; K. Thauer, Rudolf (January 2006). "The Genome Sequence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae Reveals Why This Human Intestinal Archaeon Is Restricted to Methanol and H2 for Methane Formation and ATP Synthesis". Journal of Bacteriology. 188 (2): 642–658. doi:10.1128/jb.188.2.642-658.2006. PMC 1347301. PMID 16385054.
- ^ Lecours, Pascale Blais; Marsolais, David; Cormier, Yvon; Berberi, Marie; Hache, Chantal; Bourdages, Raymond; Duchaine, Caroline (February 3, 2014). "Increased Prevalence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases". PLOS ONE. 9 (2): e87734. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...987734B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087734. PMC 3912014. PMID 24498365.
- ^ Bang, Corrina; Weidenbach, Katrin; Gutsmann, Thomas; Heine, Holger; Schmitz, Ruth (June 10, 2014). "The Intestinal Archaea Methanosphaera stadtmanae and Methanobrevibacter smithii Activate Human Dendritic Cells". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e99411. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...999411B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099411. PMC 4051749. PMID 24915454.
Further reading edit
- Wilson, Michael (2005). Microbial inhabitants of humans: their ecology and role in health and disease. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84158-0.
- Dridi, Bédis; Khelaifia, Saber; Fardeau, Marie-Laure; Ollivier, Bernard; Drancourt, Michel (2012). "Tungsten-enhanced growth of Methanosphaera stadtmanae". BMC Research Notes. 5 (1): 238. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-238. ISSN 1756-0500. PMC 3439257. PMID 22587398.
- Falkow, Stanley; Dworkin, Martin (2006). The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-25493-7.
External links edit
- "Methanosphaera stadtmanae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Methanosphaera stadtmanae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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