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Descriptor English: Methanobacterium
Descriptor Spanish: Methanobacterium
Descriptor Methanobacterium
Scope note: Género de METHANOBACTERIACAE anaerobios de forma bacilar. Se trata de organismos inmóviles que utilizan el amonio como única fuente de nitrógeno. Estas bacterias metanógenas se encuentran en sedimentos acuáticos, suelos, aguas residuales, y en el tracto gastrointestinal de animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Methanobacterium
Descriptor French: Methanobacterium
Tree number(s): B02.200.492.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017014
Scope note: A genus of anaerobic, rod-shaped METHANOBACTERIACEAE. Its organisms are nonmotile and use ammonia as the sole source of nitrogen. These methanogens are found in aquatic sediments, soil, sewage, and the gastrointestinal tract of animals.
Annotation: a genus of methanogens found throughout nature and in gastrointestinal tract of animals: do not confuse with plural see ref METHANOBACTERIA see EURYARCHAEOTA
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bacteria (1968-1978)
Methanogens (1979-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Entry Version: METHANOBACT
DeCS ID: 29980
Unique ID: D017014
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Methanobacterium - Preferred
Concept UI M0025852
Scope note A genus of anaerobic, rod-shaped METHANOBACTERIACEAE. Its organisms are nonmotile and use ammonia as the sole source of nitrogen. These methanogens are found in aquatic sediments, soil, sewage, and the gastrointestinal tract of animals.
Preferred term Methanobacterium



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