Methanobrevibacter thaueri

Methanobrevibacter thaueri is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Rolf K. Thauer.^[1]

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

Description

Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about 0.5 micrometres in width and 0.6-1.2 micrometres in length, occurring in pairs or short chains. Gram-positive reaction. Its cell walls are composed of pseudomurein. It is a strict anaerobe and its type strain is CW^T (=DSM 11995^T =OCM 817^T). It was first isolated from cow faeces.