Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanobacteria |
Order: | Methanobacteriales |
Family: | Methanobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Methanobrevibacter |
Species: | M. gottschalkii
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Binomial name | |
Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Miller and Lin, 2002
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Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Gerhard Gottschalk.[1]
It is a coccobacillus with rounded ends, about 0.7 micrometres in width and 0.9 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell wall is composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is HOT (=DSM 11977T =OCM 813T). It was first isolated from horse and pig faeces.