Methanoculleus bourgensis
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Its ID gene: the stretch scientists read to tell microbes apart. Each bar is one letter of its DNA. Every species has its own order of letters, so the pattern works like a fingerprint. Close relatives share most of it.
16S rRNA gene, V4 region: the 254 letters between the standard primers (515F/806R), which are the same in every species. One reference sequence; strains can differ by a letter or two. NCBI NR_042786.1
Formerly Methanoculleus bourgense.
Mid-sized for a gut microbe: longer than 39% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.
61% G+C, higher than 77% of gut microbes.
To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 19 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_000304355.2
What it can do
We don't have capability data for this microbe yet: it isn't in AGORA2's genome models, BacDive's lab tests or NJC19's published research. That's different from “not seen”: nobody has checked.