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Species of archaeon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Methanothermus fervidus is a species of methanogen.[1] It is notable for being extremely thermophilic. Its cells are rod-shaped; its complex cell envelope exhibits two layers, each about 12 nm thick; the inner represents the pseudomurein sacculus and the outer a protein envelope. The type strain is Methanothermus fervidus Stetter 1982. The cells are motile, strictly anaerobic and stain Gram positive. They can grow at temperatures as high as 97 °C. Strain V24ST can subsist on carbon dioxide and hydrogen alone. Its genome is 1,243,342 bp in length.[2]
Methanothermus fervidus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanobacteria |
Order: | Methanobacteriales |
Family: | Methanothermaceae |
Genus: | Methanothermus |
Species: | M. fervidus |
Binomial name | |
Methanothermus fervidus Stetter et al., 1981 | |
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