Megamonas

Megamonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Selenomonadaceae
Genus:	Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983
Type species
Megamonas hypermegale corrig. (Harrison & Hansen 1963) Shah & Collins 1983
Species [1]
M. funiformis "Ca. M. gallistercoris" M. hypermegale M. rupellensis

Megamonas is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes. ^{[1] [2]}

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [3] [4] [5]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [6] [7] [8]
Megamonas M. hypermegalecorrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983 M. funiformisSakon et al. 2008 M. rupellensisChevrot et al. 2008	Megamonas M. funiformis [incl. Megamonas rupellensis] "Ca. M. gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021 M. hypermegale

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Megamonas in LPSN ; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 –D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
2. Schoch CL; et al. "Megamonas". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
3. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
7. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.