''Methanolobus tindarius'' is a
methanogen
Methanogens are anaerobic archaea that produce methane as a byproduct of their energy metabolism, i.e., catabolism. Methane production, or methanogenesis, is the only biochemical pathway for Adenosine triphosphate, ATP generation in methanogens. A ...
archaeon
Archaea ( ) is a domain of organisms. Traditionally, Archaea only included its prokaryotic members, but this has since been found to be paraphyletic, as eukaryotes are known to have evolved from archaea. Even though the domain Archaea cladis ...
. It is marine,
mesophilic
A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, with an optimum growth range from . The optimum growth temperature for these organisms is 37 °C (about 99 °F). The term is mainly applied ...
,
coccoid
Coccoid means shaped like or resembling a coccus, that is, spherical.The noun coccoid or coccoids may refer to:
* a level of organization, characterized by unicellular, non-flagellated, non-amoeboid organisms, with a definite shape, in general bu ...
, lobal and monotrichous
flagellated
A flagellum (; : flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hair-like appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many prot ...
.
[König, Helmut, and Karl O. Stetter. "Isolation and characterization of'' Methanolobus tindarius'', sp. nov., a coccoid methanogen growing only on methanol and methylamines." Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene: I. Abt. Originale C: Allgemeine, angewandte und ökologische Mikrobiologie 3.4 (1982): 478-490.] They were isolated from coastal sediments.
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LPSNType strain of ''Methanolobus tindarius'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Euryarchaeota
Archaea described in 1982
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