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==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
''Methanospirillum hungatei'' was first found in sewage sludge and was named in honor of R.E. Hungate. This genus and species name was first proposed in 1974 by Ferry et. al. The cultures are usually yellow in color. The cells are spiral shaped and range from 0.5-7.4 microns in diameter and 15 to several hundred microns long (Ferry et. al. 1974). | ''Methanospirillum hungatei'' was first found in sewage sludge and was named in honor of R.E. Hungate. This genus and species name was first proposed in 1974 by Ferry et. al. The cultures are usually yellow in color, circular in shape, and convex with lobate margins (Ferry et. al. 1974). The cells are spiral shaped and range from 0.5-7.4 microns in diameter and 15 to several hundred microns long and have tufts of polar flagella that provide a small amount of motility (Ferry et. al. 1974). | ||
The optimum habitat for these organisms has a temperature range of 30-37 degrees Celsius (mesophilic) and a pH range of 6.6-7.4 (Ferry et. al. 1974). | |||
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==Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle== | ==Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle== | ||
''Methanospirillum hungatei'' | |||
==Ecology and Pathogenesis== | ==Ecology and Pathogenesis== |
Revision as of 02:08, 28 April 2010
Classification
Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomicrobia; Methanomicrobiales; Methanospirillaceae
Species
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Methanospirillum hungatei
Description and Significance
Methanospirillum hungatei was first found in sewage sludge and was named in honor of R.E. Hungate. This genus and species name was first proposed in 1974 by Ferry et. al. The cultures are usually yellow in color, circular in shape, and convex with lobate margins (Ferry et. al. 1974). The cells are spiral shaped and range from 0.5-7.4 microns in diameter and 15 to several hundred microns long and have tufts of polar flagella that provide a small amount of motility (Ferry et. al. 1974).
The optimum habitat for these organisms has a temperature range of 30-37 degrees Celsius (mesophilic) and a pH range of 6.6-7.4 (Ferry et. al. 1974).
Genome Structure
Methanospirillum hungatei has circular chromosomes of length 3544738; it has 3139 gene proteins and 66 RNA genes (Kanehisa Labs). The guanine and cytosine content is 45% for this organism (Ferry et. al. 1974).
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Methanospirillum hungatei
Ecology and Pathogenesis
References
1: NCBI. “Methanospirillum hungatei.” Taxonomy Browser.
Author
Page authored by Shannon Henderson and David Hall, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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