title: [Characterization and phylogenetics of a new species of genus Methanobacterium].
abstract: A strain of methanogenic bacterium Px1 was isolated from an anaerobic digester in the department of environmental sciences, TsingHua University, which treated the wastewater from Beijing Beer Factory. The isolate is curved rod, light-yellow colony, uses only H2 + CO2 as the substrate for CH4 formation. On the basis of physiology, morphology, structural characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, it is turned out that strain Px1 is a new species of the genus Methanobacterium, the name Methanobacterium curvum sp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D017014:Methanobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage