Methanothermococcus okinawensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanococci |
Order: | Methanococcales |
Family: | Methanococcaceae |
Genus: | Methanothermococcus |
Species: | M. okinawensis |
Binomial name | |
Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002 |
Methanothermococcus okinawensis is a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon first isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the western Pacific Ocean. Its cells are highly motile, irregular cocci, with a polar bundle of flagella. Its type strain is IH1T (=JCM 11175T =DSM 14208T).