Methanobrevibacter wolinii

Methanobrevibacter wolinii is a species of methanogen archaeon, named after Meyer J. Wolin.^[1]

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

Description

Coccobacillus with slightly tapered ends, about t 0.6 micrometres in width and 1.0-1.4 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 SH^T (=DSM 11976^T =OCM 814^T). It was first isolated from sheep faeces.