Methanosarcinaceae
"Methanosarcinaceae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of anaerobic METHANOSARCINALES whose cells are mesophilic or thermophilic and appear as irregular spheroid bodies or sheathed rods. These methanogens are found in any anaerobic environment including aquatic sediments, anaerobic sewage digesters and gastrointestinal tracts. There are four genera: METHANOSARCINA, Methanolobus, Methanothrix, and Methanococcoides.
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D017019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B02.200.765.550
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methanosarcinaceae" by people in Profiles.
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Stone JJ, Clay SA, Zhu Z, Wong KL, Porath LR, Spellman GM. Effect of antimicrobial compounds tylosin and chlortetracycline during batch anaerobic swine manure digestion. Water Res. 2009 Oct; 43(18):4740-50.
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Doerfert SN, Reichlen M, Iyer P, Wang M, Ferry JG. Methanolobus zinderi sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep subsurface coal seam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2009 May; 59(Pt 5):1064-9.