''Methanothermus fervidus'' is a species of
methanogen
Methanogens are microorganisms that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct in hypoxic conditions. They are prokaryotic and belong to the domain Archaea. All known methanogens are members of the archaeal phylum Euryarchaeota. Methanogens are com ...
.
It is notable for being extremely
thermophilic. Its cells are rod-shaped; its complex
cell envelope exhibits two layers, each about 12
nm thick; the inner represents the
pseudomurein sacculus and the outer a protein envelope. The
type strain is ''Methanothermus fervidus'' Stetter 1982. The cells are motile, strictly
anaerobic and stain
Gram positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
Gram-positive bact ...
. They can grow at temperatures as high as 97 °C. Strain V24S
T can subsist on
carbon dioxide and
hydrogen alone. Its genome is 1,243,342
bp in length.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Methanothermus fervidus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Euryarchaeota
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