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| Genus: | Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
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| Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
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In taxonomy, Methanimicrococcus is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1] The members of this genus have been found in pharmaceutical wastewater, and they can contribute to the degradation of organic contaminants.[2]
See also
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanimicrococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ K.K. Ng; X. Shi; S.L. Ong; H.Y. Ng (2016). "Pyrosequencing reveals microbial community profile in anaerobic bio-entrapped membrane reactor for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment". Bioresour Technol. 200: 1076–9. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.100. PMID 26577579.
Further reading
- List Editor IJSEM, ed. (2001). "Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6, of the IJSEM". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 267–268. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-267. PMID 11321069.
{{cite journal}}:|editor=has generic name (help) - Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT (2000). "Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (6): 1989–1999. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-6-1989. PMID 11155972.
- Springer E, Sachs MS, Woese CR, Boone DR (1995). "Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45 (3): 554–559. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-554. PMID 8590683.
- Sowers KR, Johnson JL, Ferry JG (1984). "Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34 (4): 444–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444.
- Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
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