Methanothermococcus

Methanothermococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanococcaceae.^[1] The cells are shaped like irregular bars and tend to be Gram-negative. They are mobile via polar flagella. They require acetate to grow.^[2]

Methanothermococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanococcaceae
Genus:	Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002
Type species
Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002
Species
M. okinawensis M. thermolithotrophicus

See also

• List of Archaea genera