Methanobrevibacter wolinii
{{Short description|Species of archaeon}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Methanobrevibacter
| species = wolinii
| authority = Miller and Lin, 2002
}}
Methanobrevibacter wolinii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Meyer J. Wolin.{{cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=T. L.|title=Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=52|issue=3|date=2002|pages=819–822|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02022-0|pmid=12054244 }}
Description
Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about t 0.6 micrometres in width and 1.0-1.4 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell walls are composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is SHT (=DSM 11976T =OCM 814T). It was first isolated from sheep faeces.
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/669832766 |title=(Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea |publisher=Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-642-13615-3 |editor-last=Hackstein |editor-first=Johannes H. P. |location=Heidelberg |oclc=669832766}}
- {{cite book |author=Schaechter, Moselio |title=Encyclopedia of Microbiology |publisher=Academic Press [Imprint] |location=San Diego |date=2009 |isbn=978-0-12-373944-5 }}
- {{cite book |author=Falkow, Stanley |author2=Dworkin, Martin |title=The prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |date=2006 |isbn=0-387-25493-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/The_Prokaryotes_Vol._1_Symbiotic_Associations_Biotechnology_Applied_Microbiology}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682911246 |title=Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis |publisher=Springer |year=2011 |isbn=978-90-481-3977-4 |editor-last=Bignell |editor-first=David Edward |location=Dordrecht |oclc=682911246 |editor-last2=Roisin |editor-first2=Yves |editor-last3=Lo |editor-first3=Nathan}}
External links
- [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methanobrevibacter LPSN]
- {{EOL|973310|Methanobrevibacter wolinii}}
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Category:Archaea described in 2002
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