Methanococcus maripaludis
| Methanococcus maripaludis | |
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| Electron micrograph showing prominent archaeal features and interior body of the microorganism. Courtesy of Dr. Ken F. Jarrell and Shin-Ichi Aizawa. Mag bar of 500nm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | Methanococci |
| Order: | Methanococcales |
| Family: | Methanococcaceae |
| Genus: | Methanococcus |
| Species: | M. maripaludis
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| Binomial name | |
| Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984
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Methanococcus maripaludis is a species of methanogenic archaea found in marine environments, predominantly salt marshes.[1] M. maripaludis is a non-pathogenic, gram-negative, weakly motile, non-spore-forming, and strictly anaerobic mesophile.[2] It is classified as a chemolithoautotroph.[3] This archaeon has a pleomorphic coccoid-rod shape of 1.2 by 1.6 μm, in average size, and has many unique metabolic processes that aid in survival.[2][4] M. maripaludis also has a sequenced genome consisting of around 1.7 Mbp with over 1,700 identified protein-coding genes.[5] In ideal conditions, M. maripaludis grows quickly and can double every two hours.[4]
- ^ Franklin MJ, Wiebe WJ, Whitman WB (May 1988). "Populations of methanogenic bacteria in a georgia salt marsh". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54 (5): 1151–1157. Bibcode:1988ApEnM..54.1151F. doi:10.1128/aem.54.5.1151-1157.1988. PMC 202619. PMID 16347628.
- ^ a b Jones WJ, Paynter MJ, Gupta R (1983-08-01). "Characterization of Methanococcus maripaludis sp. nov., a new methanogen isolated from salt marsh sediment". Archives of Microbiology. 135 (2): 91–97. Bibcode:1983ArMic.135...91J. doi:10.1007/BF00408015. ISSN 1432-072X.
- ^ Müller AL, Gu W, Patsalo V, Deutzmann JS, Williamson JR, Spormann AM (April 2021). "An alternative resource allocation strategy in the chemolithoautotrophic archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 (16). Bibcode:2021PNAS..11825854M. doi:10.1073/pnas.2025854118. PMC 8072206. PMID 33879571.
- ^ a b Goyal N, Zhou Z, Karimi IA (June 2016). "Metabolic processes of Methanococcus maripaludis and potential applications". Microbial Cell Factories. 15 (1) 107. doi:10.1186/s12934-016-0500-0. PMC 4902934. PMID 27286964.
- ^ Hendrickson EL, Kaul R, Zhou Y, Bovee D, Chapman P, Chung J, et al. (October 2004). "Complete genome sequence of the genetically tractable hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis". Journal of Bacteriology. 186 (20): 6956–6969. doi:10.1128/JB.186.20.6956-6969.2004. PMC 522202. PMID 15466049.