Methanoplanus
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Methanoplanus

Wildgruber et al. 1984
Type species
Methanoplanus limicolus
corrig. Wildgruber et al. 1984
Species

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

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanoplanus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. 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.

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