Tags: Archaea.
Methanococcoides methylutens is a methylotrophic marine methanogen the type species of its genus. It utilises trimethylamine diethylamine monomethylamine and methanol as substrates for growth and methanogenesis. Cells are non-motile non-spore-forming irregular cocci 1 μm in diameter which stain Gram-negative and occur singly or in pairs. TMA-10 is the type strain (ATCC 33938).