Name - Metopus palaeformis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:862416 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Metopus palaeformis Kahl 1927

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Recent Publications

• An anaerobic protozoon, with symbiotic methanogens, living in municipal landfill material.
• An anaerobic ciliate as a natural chemostat for the growth of endosymbiotic methanogens.
• Production of methane and hydrogen by anaerobic ciliates containing symbiotic methanogens.
• Polymorphic bacterial symbionts in the anaerobic ciliated protozoon Metopus.
• The use of rRNA sequences and fluorescent probes to investigate the phylogenetic positions of the anaerobic ciliate Metopus palaeformis and its archaeobacterial endosymbiont.

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