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The Family Methanocorpusculaceae

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The Prokaryotes

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The family Methanocorpusculaceae, affiliated with the order Methanomicrobiales, currently consists of a single genus Methanocorpusculum with four species (or five species including one proposed as a later heterotypic synonym). Most strains were isolated from sewage sludge digesters and other anaerobic wastewater treatment plants. Methanocorpusculum strains typically occur in freshwater, low-temperature environments. Strains related to the free-living types are found in symbiosis within anaerobic ciliates. Cells are small and coccoid, grow on H2/CO2 or on formate, and have a G+C content of their DNA of 48–52 mol%. Some strains can also use secondary alcohols.

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  1. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    Aharon Oren

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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  2. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Edward F. DeLong

  3. Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Edward F. DeLong

  4. Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Stephen Lory

  5. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

  6. Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Fabiano Thompson

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Oren, A. (2014). The Family Methanocorpusculaceae . In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_314

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