Methanoregula

Methanoregula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanoregulaceae
Genus:	Methanoregula Brauer et al. 2011
Type species
Methanoregula boonei Brauer et al. 2011
Species
M. boonei M. formicica "M. pelomyxae"
Synonyms
"Ca. Methanoregula" Brauer et al. 2006

Candidatus Methanoregula is a genus of archaeans in the order Methanomicrobiales. ^[1] It was isolated from an acidic peat bog. It produces methane at the lowest pH of any known organism. ^[2]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Candidatus Methanoregula. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Brauer SL; Cadillo-Quiroz H; Yashiro E; Yavitt JB; et al. (2006). "Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog" (PDF). Nature. 442 (7099): 192–194. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..192B. doi:10.1038/nature04810. PMID   16699521. S2CID   4423901.

Further reading

• Brauer SL; Cadillo-Quiroz H; Yashiro E; Yavitt JB; et al. (2006). "Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog" (PDF). Nature. 442 (7099): 192–194. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..192B. doi:10.1038/nature04810. PMID   16699521. S2CID   4423901.
• Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0 . PMID   15653928.
• Euzeby JP; Tindall BJ (2001). "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 725–727. doi: 10.1099/00207713-51-2-725 . PMID   11321122.
• Rouviere P; Mandelco L; Winker S; Woese CR (1992). "A detailed phylogeny for the Methanomicrobiales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15 (3): 363–371. Bibcode:1992SyApM..15..363R. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80209-2. PMID   11540078.
• Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC   281474 . PMID   390357.

External links

• Type strain of Methanoregula boonei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase