Methanothermobacter marburgensis

Species of archaeon

Methanothermobacter marburgensis is a thermophilic and obligately autotrophic methanogenic archaeon. The type strain MarburgT was isolated from sewage sludge in the vicinity of the city Marburg, Germany. It was also detected in hot springs. It grows in the temperature between 45 and 70 °C with optimum at 65 °C thus it is classified as thermophile. Cells are rods with length 3 - 3.5 µm and 0.3 - 0.4 µm wide, Gram-positive and non-motile. Its genome has been sequenced.

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