Methanoplanus
Genus of archaea
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanomicrobia |
Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
Genus: | Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 |
Type species | |
Methanoplanus limicolus corrig. Wildgruber et al. 1984 | |
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In taxonomy, Methanoplanus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae,[1] comprising three species of methanogenic, or methane-producing, archaea. The cells are irregular coccoid in shape, tend to stain Gram-negative and do not form endospores.[2]
See also
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanoplanus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Vol. 1. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
Further reading
- Wildgruber G; Thomm M Konig H; Ober K; Ricchiuto T; et al. (1982). "Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae" (PDF). Arch. Microbiol. 132: 31–36. doi:10.1007/BF00690813. S2CID 31261672.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
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Prokaryotes: Archaea classification
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- Archaea
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- (major groups
- Excavata
- Diaphoretickes
- Hacrobia
- Cryptista
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- Alveolata
- Stramenopiles
- Plants
- Hacrobia
- Amorphea
- Amoebozoa
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- Animals
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- Mesomycetozoea)
Hadarchaeota |
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"Hydrothermarchaeota" |
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"Methanobacteriota" |
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"Halobacteriota" |
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"Thermoplasmatota" |
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- "Aenigmatarchaeota"
- "Aenigmatarchaeia"
- "Altarchaeota"
- "Altarchaeia"
- "Iainarchaeota"
- "Iainarchaeia"
- "Huberarchaeota"
- "Huberarchaeia"
- "Micrarchaeota"
- "Micrarchaeia"
- "Nanohalarchaeota"
- "Nanohalarchaeia"
- "Nanoarchaeota"
- "Nanoarchaeia"
- "Nanohalobiia"
- "Undinarchaeota"
- "Undinarchaeia"
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