Methanospirillum hungatei
SuperSet Prokaryote, Archaea, Methanogens Methanogens Subgroup 2 :
Compare Methanogens subgroup 1: Methanobacterium ,Methanobrevibacter, Methanosphaera ,Metthanothermus

Methanogens Subgroup 2 : Methanococcus ,Methanocorpusculum , Methanoculleus , Methanogenium Methanolacinia paynteri, Methanomicrobium mobile , Methanoplanus , Methanospirillum hungatei

Methanogens subgroup 3: Methanococcoides methylutens , Methanohalobium evstigatus , Methanohalophilus , Methanolobus , Methanosarcina , Methanothrix

Contrast Methanogens
Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria
Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria
Halophilic Archaeobacteria
Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria

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Morphology Methanospirillum hungatei
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram- negative
Morphology Symmetrically curved rods 0.4-0.5 x 7.4-10 um that usually form wavy filaments from 15 to several hundred um in length..
Motility Progressively motile by means of polar, tufted flagella
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Growth Parameters Methanospirillum hungatei
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism Autotrophic to heterotrophic nutrition.
Oxygen strictly anaerobic
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Temperature Optimum temperature: 30-37`C
Requirements Formate or H2 are substrates for growth and methanogenesis
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Genome Methanospirillum hungatei
G+C Mol % 45 (Bd)

46.5-49.5 (Td)
   

 

Reference Methanospirillum hungatei
First citation Ferry, J.G., P.H. Smith and R.S.Wolfe. 1974. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteia and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatii sp. nov. IJSB. 24: 465-469
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2193 J. G. Ferry
Bergey's Determinative p 723
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