Methanococcus maripaludis
Methanococcus maripaludis is a species of methanogenic archaea found in marine environments, predominantly salt marshes. M. maripaludis is a weakly motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, strict anaerobic mesophile with a pleomorphic coccoid-rod shape, averaging 1.2 by 1.6 μm is size. The genome of M. maripaludis has been sequenced, and over 1,700 protein-coding genes have been identified. In ideal conditions, M. maripaludis grows quickly and can double every two hours.
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| Species: | Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984 |
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