Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii

Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Gerhard Gottschalk.^[1]

Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae
Genus:	Methanobrevibacter
Species:	M. gottschalkii
Binomial name
Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Miller and Lin, 2002

Description

It is a coccobacillus with rounded ends, about 0.7 micrometres in width and 0.9 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell wall is composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is HO^T (=DSM 11977^T =OCM 813^T). It was first isolated from horse and pig faeces.