甲烷球菌屬
甲烷球菌科的一属细菌
甲烷球菌屬(學名:Methanococcus)為甲烷球菌目甲烷球菌科的一屬革蘭氏陰性菌。可能生活在鹽沼澤、海水及海灣環境中。此屬的模式種為萬氏甲烷球菌(Methanococcus vannielii)。
甲烷球菌屬 | |
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科學分類 | |
域: | 古菌域 Archaea |
門: | 廣古菌門 Euryarchaeota |
綱: | 甲烷球菌綱 Methanococci |
目: | 甲烷球菌目 Methanococcales |
科: | 甲烷球菌科 Methanococcaceae |
屬: | 甲烷球菌屬 Methanococcus Kluyer and van Niel, 1936 |
模式種 | |
萬氏甲烷球菌 Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman and Barker, 1951
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下屬物種
本屬包括以下物種:
- Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall et al. 2006[1]
- Methanococcus deltae Corder et al. 1988
- Methanococcus fervens Jeanthon et al. 1999
- Methanococcus frisius Blotevogel et al. 1986
- Methanococcus halophilus Zhilina 1984
- Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al. 1990
- Methanococcus infernus Jeanthon et al. 1998
- Methanococcus jannaschii Jones et al. 1984
- Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984
- Methanococcus mazei Barker 1936
- 熱自養甲烷球菌 Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus Huber et al. 1984
- 萬氏甲烷球菌 Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman and Barker 1951
- Methanococcus voltae Balch and Wolfe 1981
- Methanococcus vulcanius Jeanthon et al. 1999
參考文獻
- ^ Kendall MM, Liu Y, Sieprawska-Lupa M, Stetter KO, Whitman WB, Boone DR. Methanococcus aeolicus sp. nov., a mesophilic, methanogenic archaeon from shallow and deep marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1525-1529.
- LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature