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Descriptor English: Methanococcus
Descriptor Spanish: Methanococcus
Descriptor Methanococcus
Scope note: Organismos cocoides anaerobios del género METHANOCOCCACEAE, que se mueven por medio de un penacho de flagelos polares. Estas bacterias metanógenas se encuentran en pantanos salinos, sedimentos marinos y estuarios, y en el tracto intestinal de animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mathanococcus
Descriptor French: Methanococcus
Tree number(s): B02.200.538.525.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017017
Scope note: A genus of anaerobic coccoid METHANOCOCCACEAE whose organisms are motile by means of polar tufts of flagella. These methanogens are found in salt marshes, marine and estuarine sediments, and the intestinal tract of animals.
Annotation: a genus of methanogens found in aquatic environments & in animal intestine
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 (1977-1978)
Methanogens (1979-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29977
Unique ID: D017017
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Methanococcus - Preferred
Concept UI M0025855
Scope note A genus of anaerobic coccoid METHANOCOCCACEAE whose organisms are motile by means of polar tufts of flagella. These methanogens are found in salt marshes, marine and estuarine sediments, and the intestinal tract of animals.
Preferred term Methanococcus



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