Methanoplanus endosymbiosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanomicrobia |
Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
Genus: | Methanoplanus |
Species: | M. endosymbiosus |
Binomial name | |
Methanoplanus endosymbiosus van Bruggen et al. 1986 |
Methanoplanus endosymbiosus is a species of archaeon, an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus. It is an irregular, disc-shaped bacterium with a diameter of 1.6–3.4 μms and type strain MC1.