Co-cultivation of Minisyncoccus archaeophilus PMX.108 and Methanospirillum hungatei JF-1
A novel mesophilic obligate parasitic bacterium, Minisyncoccus archaeophilus PMX.108T was isolated as a co-culture with its host archaeon; Methanospirillum hungatei JF-1T, cultured from a mesophilic methanogenic sludge obtained from an anaerobic laboratory-scale bioreactor-treating purified terephthalate- and dimethyl terephthalate-manufacturing wastewater.