Download Methanoculleus marisnigri

Shannon Toole
Assignment #3
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Family: Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus: Methanoculleus
Species: Methanoculleus marisnigri
General term used to describe group: Methanomicrobiales
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Initial location: Sediment of the Black Sea
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Where it can be found: Sediment, anaerobic digestors
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Ecological requirements:
 Temperature: 15-45˚ C
 Salinity: 0.0-0.7 M NaCl
 O2 Requirements: anaerobe
 Energy source: O2/CO2, formate, secondary alcohols
Unique Facts:
 First named Methanogenium Marisnigri
 First isolated in 1979
 Genome sequence was completed in 2007
 Was selected as one of six archaeal genomes for a Joint Genome
Institute Community Project in 2006 for it’s phylogenic
diversity.
Reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035220/