Methanosphaera is a genus of microbes within the family Methanobacteriaceae.[1] It was distinguished from other genera within Methanobacteriaceae in 1985 on the basis of the oligonucleotide sequence of its 16S RNA.[2] Like other archaea within Methanobacteriaceae, those of Methanosphaera are methanogens, but while most use formate to reduce carbon dioxide, those of Methanosphaera use hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane.[3]
^See the NCBI webpage on Methanosphaera. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^David R Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume I: The Archaea and the Deeply Branching Phototrophic Bacteria (2 ed.). Springer. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4419-3159-7. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
^Adam S. Bonin; David R. Boone (1979). "The Order Methanobacteriales". The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer. pp. 231–243. doi:10.1007/0-387-30743-5_11. ISBN 978-0-387-30743-5.
Methanosphaera is a genus of microbes within the family Methanobacteriaceae. It was distinguished from other genera within Methanobacteriaceae in 1985...
Methanosphaera stadtmanae is a methanogen archaeon. It is a non-motile, Gram-positive, spherical-shaped organism that obtains energy by using hydrogen...
of them use formate to reduce carbon dioxide, but those of the genus Methanosphaera use hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane. The currently accepted taxonomy...
Mireille, H. (2009). "High Prevalence of Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae Detected in the Human Gut Using an Improved DNA Detection...
group are the methanogens, particularly Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae. However, colonization by methanogens is variable, and only...
seen in the human body, preceded by Methanobrevibacter smithii and Methanosphaera stadtmanae. This species of archaea has not been described in other...
Liesegang H, Hedderich R, et al. (January 2006). "The genome sequence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae reveals why this human intestinal archaeon is restricted...
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