Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the methanoplanaceae (original) (raw)

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An angular plate-shaped weakly motile mesophilic methanogen was isolated from a swamp of drilling waste in Italy. Growth occurs on H2/CO2 or on formate. Acetate is required in addition. The optimal doubling time is 7 h at 40° C. The cell envelope is composed most likely of glycoprotein subunits in hexagonal arrangement. The GC-content of its DNA is 47.5 mol%. On the basis of DNA-RNA hybridization it was found to represent a new family, the Methanoplanaceae within the order Methanomicrobiales.

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Abbreviations

G+C:

Guanine+Cytosine

SDS:

Sodium dodecylsulfate (Sodium lauryl sulfate)

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1. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, D-8400, Regensburg, Germany
   Gertrud Wildgruber, Michael Thomm, Helmut König & Karl O. Stetter
2. Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Regensburg, D-8400, Regensburg, Germany
   Kurt Ober
3. Agip S.p.A., 20097 S. Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
   Theodoro Richiuto

Authors

1. Gertrud Wildgruber
2. Michael Thomm
3. Helmut König
4. Kurt Ober
5. Theodoro Richiuto
6. Karl O. Stetter

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Wildgruber, G., Thomm, M., König, H. et al. Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the methanoplanaceae.Arch. Microbiol. 132, 31–36 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00690813

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• Received: 15 February 1982
• Accepted: 31 March 1982
• Issue date: July 1982
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00690813

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