Methanosarcina thermophila

Methanosarcina thermophila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanosarcina
Species:	M. thermophila
Binomial name
Methanosarcina thermophila McCammon and Bowman 2000

Methanosarcina thermophila is a thermophilic, acetotrophic, methane-producing archaeon.^[1]

References

1. Zinder, S. H.; Sowers, K. R.; Ferry, J. G. (1985). "NOTES: Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Acetotrophic, Methane-Producing Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35 (4): 522–523. doi:10.1099/00207713-35-4-522. ISSN 0020-7713.

Further reading

• Proctor LM; Lai R; Gunsalus RP (June 1997). "The methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila TM-1 possesses a high-affinity glycine betaine transporter involved in osmotic adaptation". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63 (6): 2252–7. PMC 168517. PMID 9172344. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
• Iyer PP; Lawrence SH; Luther KB; et al. (April 2004). "Crystal structure of phosphotransacetylase from the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila". Structure. 12 (4): 559–67. doi:10.1016/j.str.2004.03.007. PMID 15062079. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
• Mladenovska, Z.; Ahring, B. K. (1997). "Mixotrophic growth of two thermophilic Methanosarcina strains, Methanosarcina thermophila TM-1 and Methanosarcina sp. SO-2P, on methanol and hydrogen/carbon dioxide". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 48 (3): 385–388. doi:10.1007/s002530051067. ISSN 0175-7598.
• Borup, B (2000). "Cysteine biosynthesis in the Archaea: Methanosarcina thermophila utilizes O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 189 (2): 205–210. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00284-6. ISSN 0378-1097.

External links

• Type strain of Methanosarcina thermophila at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase