NOTES: Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Acetotrophic, Methane-Producing Bacterium

S. H. ZINDER; K. R. SOWERS; J. G. FERRY

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NOTES: Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Acetotrophic, Methane-Producing Bacterium

S. H. ZINDER¹, K. R. SOWERS² and J. G. FERRY²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 ² Department of Anaerobic Microbiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Published: 01 October 1985 https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-4-522

Abstract

Methanosarcina thermophila is proposed as a new species name for the thermophilic, acetotrophic, methanogenic bacterum previously designated Methanosarcina sp. strain TM-1, and a formal species description is provided.

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