Methanococcus aeolicus

Taxonomy
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanococcaceae
Genus: Methanococcus

Temperature [°C]
Temperature min.: 10
Temperature max.: 50
Temperature optimal min.: 46
Temperature optimal max.: 46

Alcalinity ↷
pH min.: 4.3
pH max.: 7.5
pH optimal min.: 7
pH optimal max.: 7

Salinity [mol ⋅ dm-3 NaCl] ↷
NaCl min.: 0.05
NaCl max.: 1
NaCl optimal min.: 0.2
NaCl optimal max.: 0.4

Growth rate ↷
Growth rate: 0.5
Doubling time [h]: 1.38

Morphology ↷
Motility: yes
Shape: Irregular cocci
Gram reaction: No data
Cell surface structures (flagella, pili, fimbriae): No data

Cell dimensions [μm] ↷
Width min.: 1.5
Width max.: 2
Length min.: 1.5
Length max.: 2

Sources ↷
Main: M. Kendall et al., 2006, Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., vol. 57, p. 1525

Environment ↷
Water sediments
Description: Sample of sediment taken from the Nankai Trough near the coast of Japan.

Strain info ↷
Type strain: Nankai-3
DSM: DSM-17508
ATTC: no data
Other collections: OCM 812
G+C content: 32

Substrate ↷
H2+CO2: Yes
Formate: no data
Acetate: No
Methanol: No
Methylamin: no data
Di-methylamin: no data
Tri-methylamin: No
CO: No data
Ethanol: No
1-propanol: No
1-butanol: No
2-butanol: No
2-propanol: No
Butanol: No
Cyclopentanol: no data
Isobutanol: No data
Dimethyl sulfide: no data
H2+Methanol: No data
Other: no data

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