Methanogenium

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Methanogenium

Romesser et al. 1981
Type species
Methanogenium cariaci
Romesser et al. 1981
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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] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [8] [9] [10]

M. organophilum Widdel, Rouviere & Wolfe 1989

M. cariaci Widdel, Rouviere & Wolfe 1989

M. frigidum Franzmann et al. 1997

M. marinum Chong et al. 2003

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References

  1. 1 2 Sayers; et al. "Methanogenium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. 1 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. John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN   978-0683006032 . Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. J.P. Euzéby. "Methanogenium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. "The LTP" . Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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  7. "LTP_01_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. "ar53_r220.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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