Methanopyrus kandleri

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Taxonomy
Class: Methanopyri
Order: Methanopyrales
Family: Methanopyraceae
Genus: Methanopyrus
Temperature [°C]
Temperature min.: 84
Temperature max.: 110
Temperature optimal min.: 98
Temperature optimal max.: 98
Alcalinity
pH min.: 5.5
pH max.: 7
pH optimal min.: 6.5
pH optimal max.: 6.5
Salinity [mol ⋅ dm-3 NaCl]
NaCl min.: 0.034
NaCl max.: 0.68
NaCl optimal min.: 0.34
NaCl optimal max.: 0.34
Growth rate
Growth rate: 3.03
Doubling time [h]: 0.33
Morphology
Motility: 0
Shape: Rod
Gram reaction: positive
Cell surface structures (flagella, pili, fimbriae): 0
Cell dimensions [μm]
Width min.: 0.5
Width max.: 0.5
Length min.: 2
Length max.: 14
Sources
Main: M. Kurr et al., 1991, Arch. Microbiol., vol. 156, p. 239
Environment
Water sediments
Description: Samples from a hydrothermally heated deep sea sediment (Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California) and from a shallow marine hydrothermal system (Kolbeinsey ridge, Iceland).
Strain info
Type strain: AV19
DSM: DSM-6324
ATTC: ATCC BAA-1075
Other collections: JCM 9639, NBRC 100938
G+C content: 61.2
Substrate
H2+CO2: Yes
Formate: No
Acetate: No
Methanol: No
Methylamin: No
Di-methylamin: No
Tri-methylamin: No
CO: No data
Ethanol: No
1-propanol: No
1-butanol: No
2-butanol: Yes
2-propanol: No
Butanol: No
Cyclopentanol: No
Isobutanol: No
Dimethyl sulfide: No
H2+Methanol: No data
Other: no data
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