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==References==
==References==
[http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/1877 Jun Tsubota, Bulat Ts. Eshinimaev, Valentina N. Khmelenina and Yuri A. Trotsenko. 2005. "Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov.,a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan". ''International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology''. 55, 1877–1884.]
[http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/1877 Jun Tsubota, Bulat Ts. Eshinimaev, Valentina N. Khmelenina and Yuri A. Trotsenko. 2005. "Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov.,a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan". ''International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology''. 55, 1877–1884.]
[https://www.ocean.udel.edu/cms/thanson/TH-MicroRev.pdf Hanson R and Hanson T. 1996. "Methanotrophic Bacteria". American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 60, No. 2.]
[https://www.ocean.udel.edu/cms/thanson/TH-MicroRev.pdf Hanson R and Hanson T. 1996. "Methanotrophic Bacteria". American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 60, No. 2.]


==Author==
==Author==
Page authored by Anthony Heidt and James Goodrow Jr., student of [http://www.kbs.msu.edu/faculty/lennon/ Prof. Jay Lennon] at Michigan State University.
Page authored by Anthony Heidt and James Goodrow Jr., student of [http://www.kbs.msu.edu/faculty/lennon/ Prof. Jay Lennon] at Michigan State University.

Revision as of 01:50, 21 April 2008

Classification

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Methylococcales; Methylococcaceae [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Methylothermus thermalis

Description and Significance

Gram-negative, non-motile coccoids 0.6-0.8 micrometers in diameter. Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.

Genome Structure

Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?


Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.


Ecology and Pathogenesis

Japanese Hot Spring; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.


References

Jun Tsubota, Bulat Ts. Eshinimaev, Valentina N. Khmelenina and Yuri A. Trotsenko. 2005. "Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov.,a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55, 1877–1884.

Hanson R and Hanson T. 1996. "Methanotrophic Bacteria". American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 60, No. 2.

Author

Page authored by Anthony Heidt and James Goodrow Jr., student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.