| Methanococcoides methylutens | |
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| Species: | M. methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985
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| Methanococcoides methylutens | |
Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen, the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine, diethylamine, monomethylamine, and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile, non-spore-forming, irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).[1]
- ^ K. R. Sowers & J. G. Ferry (February 1983). "Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 684–690. Bibcode:1983ApEnM..45..684S. doi:10.1128/aem.45.2.684-690.1983. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.