Methanogenium_organophilum

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Methanogenium

Genus of archaea

Methanogenium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The type species is Methanogenium cariaci.[2]

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Description and habitat

The species within Methanogenium are coccoid in shape and Gram-negatives and, like other methanogenic archaea, they produce methane from carbon dioxide, hydrogen or formate as substrates.[2] Although they occasionally have flagella, they are non-motile. They are strictly anaerobic, and can be found in marine and lake sediments that lack oxygen.[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA-based LTP_01_2022[5][6][7]

M. organophilum Widdel, Rouviere & Wolfe 1989

M. cariaci Widdel, Rouviere & Wolfe 1989

M. frigidum Franzmann et al. 1997

M. marinum Chong et al. 2003

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sayers; et al. "Methanogenium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. [2]
    J.A. Romesser; R.S. Wolfe; F. Mayer; E. Spiess; A. Walther-Mauruschat (May 1979). "Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization ofMethanogenium cariaci sp. nov. andMethanogenium marisnigri sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 121 (2): 147–153. doi:10.1007/BF00689979. S2CID 43604013.
  3. [3]
    John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. [4]
    J.P. Euzéby. "Methanogenium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. [5]
    "The LTP". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. [6]
    "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. [7]
    "LTP_01_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2022.

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