Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia

Table 5. Features of the type strains within the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia.

	M. limicola [1] DSM 2279	M. endosymbiosus [45] DSM 3599	M. petrolearius [42] DSM 11571	M. paynteri [46,47] DSM 2545
Source	swamp	marine ciliate	oil well	marine sediment
Temperature range (T_opt) °C	17–41 (32)	16–36 (32)	28–43 (37)	unknown (40)
motility	motile, flagella	flagella reported	non-motile	non-motile
pH range (pH_opt)	ND (6.5–7.5)	6.1–8.0 (6.8–7.3)	5.3–8.2 (7.0)	ND
NaCl conc. % (opt.)	0.4–5.4 (1)	0–4.5 (1.5)	0–5 (1–3)
Substrates used	H₂+CO₂, formate	H₂+CO₂, formate	H₂+CO₂, formate, CO₂+2-propanol	H₂+CO₂, CO₂+2-propanol, CO₂+2-butanol, CO₂+2-cyclopentanol
G+C content	42.2% genome (was 47.5% pre-genome)	38.7% melting curve	47.4% genome (was 50% pre-genome)	44.8% buoyant density

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