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Methanolacinia

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Methanolacinia
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Methanolacinia

Zellner et al. 1990
Type species
Methanolacinia paynteri
(Rivard et al. 1984) Zellner et al. 1990
Species

In taxonomy, Methanolacinia is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The cells are bar-shaped and irregular 0.6 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.5 μm in length. They do not form endospores. Most are non-motile, but some have a single flagellum. They are strictly anaerobic. They produce methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen and cannot use formate, acetate or methyl compounds as substrates.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanolacinia. 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. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 0683006037. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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