Definition & Meaning | English word METHANOBACTERIUM

Definitions of METHANOBACTERIUM

1. Any bacterium of the genus Methanobacterium or the class Methanobacteria

Examples of Using METHANOBACTERIUM in a Sentence

• An example of propionate and butyrate degradation with interspecies formate transfer carried out by the mutual system of Syntrophomonas wolfei and Methanobacterium formicicum:.
• Each species of Methanobacterium is capable of the syntropic process of methane production, with a majority of the species being hydrogenotrophic.
• The function of this family of archeases as chaperones is supported by structural analysis of the archease from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, which shows homology to heat shock protein 33, a chaperone protein that inhibits the aggregation of partially denatured proteins.
• It is anaerobic, syntrophic (in association with methanogens, particularly Methanobacterium formicicum) and fatty acid-oxidizing.
• Homologues are found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (498 aas; gbZ80225), Archaeoglobus fulgidus (370 aas; gbAE001071), Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (365 aas; gbAE000865) and Synechocystis (383 aas; spP74311).
• The four species tested were Methanothermobacter wolfeii, Methanosarcina barkeri, Methanobacterium formicicum, and Methanococcus maripaludis.

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