Methanothermobacter marburgensis

Species of archaeon
Methanothermobacter marburgensis strain Marburg (DSM 2133), phase-contrast photo.

Methanothermobacter marburgensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Methanobacteriati
Phylum:
Methanobacteriota
Class:
Methanobacteria
Order:
Methanobacteriales
Family:
Methanobacteriaceae
Genus:
Methanothermobacter
Species:
M. marburgensis

Wasserfallen et al. 2000
Binomial name
Methanothermobacter marburgensis

Methanothermobacter marburgensis is a thermophilic and obligately autotrophic methanogenic archaeon. The type strain MarburgT was isolated from sewage sludge in the vicinity of the city Marburg, Germany[1]. It was also detected in hot springs. It grows in the temperature between 45 and 70 °C with optimum at 65 °C thus it is classified as thermophile. Cells are rods with length 3 - 3.5 µm and 0.3 - 0.4 µm wide, Gram-positive and non-motile. Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

They reduce carbon dioxide with hydrogen into methane as the only pathway for ATP production. It does not require any organic supplements and it grows on mineral media with CO2 as a carbon source, H2 as a source of electrons, NH3 as a nitrogen source, and sulfide as a sulfur source (obligate autotroph). The metabolism of Methanothermobacter marburgensis strain Marburg has been reconstructed in the form of an experimentally validated computer model.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wasserfallen, A.; Nolling, J.; Pfister, P.; Reeve, J.; Conway de Macario, E. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-43. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10826786.
  2. ^ Liesegang, H.; Kaster, A.-K.; Wiezer, A.; Goenrich, M.; Wollherr, A.; Seedorf, H.; Gottschalk, G.; Thauer, R. K. (2010). "Complete Genome Sequence of Methanothermobacter marburgensis, a Methanoarchaeon Model Organism". Journal of Bacteriology. 192 (21): 5850–5851. doi:10.1128/JB.00844-10. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 2953689. PMID 20802048.
  3. ^ Casini, Isabella; McCubbin, Tim; Esquivel-Elizondo, Sofia; Luque, Guillermo G.; Evseeva, Daria; Fink, Christian; Beblawy, Sebastian; Youngblut, Nicholas D.; Aristilde, Ludmilla; Huson, Daniel H.; Dräger, Andreas; Ley, Ruth E.; Marcellin, Esteban; Angenent, Largus T.; Molitor, Bastian (2023). "An integrated systems-biology approach reveals differences in formate metabolism in the genus Methanothermobacter". iScience. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108016. PMC 10579436.

Further reading

  • Ding, Xia; Yang, Wei-Jun; Min, Hang; Peng, Xiao-Tong; Zhou, Huai-Yang; Lu, Zhen-Mei (2010). "Isolation and characterization of a new strain of Methanothermobacter marburgensis DX01 from hot springs in China". Anaerobe. 16 (1): 54–59. doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.04.001. ISSN 1075-9964. PMID 19376257.
  • Duin, Evert C.; Prakash, Divya; Brungess, Charlene (2011). "Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase from Methanothermobacter marburgensis". Methods in Methane Metabolism, Part A. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 494. pp. 159–187. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385112-3.00009-3. ISBN 9780123851123. ISSN 0076-6879. PMID 21402215.
  • Rittmann, S.; Seifert, A.; Herwig, C. (Jan 2012). "Quantitative analysis of media dilution rate effects on Methanothermobacter marburgensis grown in continuous culture on H-2 and CO2". Biomass and Bioenergy. 36: 293–301. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.038.
  • Kaster, Anne-Kristin; Goenrich, Meike; Seedorf, Henning; Liesegang, Heiko; Wollherr, Antje; Gottschalk, Gerhard; Thauer, Rudolf K. (18 February 2011). Lowe, Todd M. (ed.). "More Than 200 Genes Required for Methane Formation from H2 and CO2 and Energy Conservation Are Present in Methanothermobacter marburgensis and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus". Archaea. 2011: 23. doi:10.1155/2011/973848. ISSN 1472-3646. PMC 3087415. PMID 21559116. 973848.
  • Vitt, Stella; Ma, Kesen; Warkentin, Eberhard; Moll, Johanna; Pierik, Antonio J.; Shima, Seigo; Ermler, Ulrich (29 July 2014). "The F-420-Reducing [NiFe]-Hydrogenase Complex from Methanothermobacter marburgensis, the First X-ray Structure of a Group 3 Family Member". Journal of Molecular Biology. 426 (15): 2813–2826. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.024. PMID 24887099.
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  • Type strain of Methanothermobacter marburgensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Taxon identifiers
Methanothermobacter marburgensis


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