The family methanococcaceae

Aharon Oren

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_410

The family methanococcaceae

Aharon Oren^*

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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (Natural Sciences)

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The family Methanococcaceae currently consists of two genera: Methanococcus (type genus) and Methanothermococcus. As of December 2013 these genera contained 4 and 2 species, respectively. This family of mesophilic or thermophilic and neutrophilic methanogens belongs to the order Methanococcales. The members are coccoid in shape, motile, and have a generation time of less than 3 h under optimal conditions. Methanogenesis from H₂/CO₂ or from formate is the sole energy generating process, and most species are capable of chemolithoautotrophic growth. All members require NaCl. Members of the genus Methanococcus have been found associated with coastal marine and salt marsh sediments; Methanothermococcus spp. were recovered from marine geothermal and hydrothermal vent environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Prokaryotes
Subtitle of host publication	Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	215-224
Number of pages	10
Volume	9783642389542
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642301230
ISBN (Print)	3642389538, 9783642301223
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_410
State	Published - 1 Jul 2014

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