Methylomirabilaceae

Methylomirabilaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	incertae sedis
Phylum:	Methylomirabilota
Class:	Methylomirabilia
Order:	Methylomirabilales
Family:	Methylomirabilaceae ; Chuvochina et al. 2023

Last updated October 04, 2025

Methylomirabilaceae is a family of bacteria,^[2] represented by type genus Ca. Methylomirabilis. Represented most famously by the novel methane-oxidizing bacterium Ca. Methylomirabilis oxyfera ,^[3] which appears to split oxygen from nitrates, it contains several other genera not yet described.

SILVA 138.1^[3]^[4] lists 6 uncultured genera currently within the family:

Candidatus Methylomirabilis
MIZ14
MIZ17
SH765B-TzT-35
wb1-A12
Z114MB74

These genera are consistently described in methane-rich environments,^[5]^[6]^[7] but only species within Candidatus Methylomirabilis are confidently described as methane-oxidizers.

References

↑ Léa Cabrol et al: Anaerobic oxidation of methane and associated microbiome in anoxic water of Northwestern Siberian lakes. In: Science of the Total Environment Volume 736, 20 September 2020, 139588, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139588. Section 3.3
↑ "Family: Methylomirabilaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. 2023. Record number: 42183. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
1 2 Ettwig, Katharina F.; Butler, Margaret K.; Le Paslier, Denis; Pelletier, Eric; Mangenot, Sophie; Kuypers, Marcel M. M.; Schreiber, Frank; Dutilh, Bas E.; Zedelius, Johannes; de Beer, Dirk; Gloerich, Jolein; Wessels, Hans J. C. T.; van Alen, Theo; Luesken, Francisca; Wu, Ming L. (March 2010). "Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria" (PDF). Nature. 464 (7288): 543–548. Bibcode:2010Natur.464..543E. doi:10.1038/nature08883. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20336137. S2CID 205220000.
↑ "silva rRNA database Browser". SILVA rRNA database. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
↑ Jiang, Lei; Chu, Yi-Xuan; Zhang, Xuan; Wang, Jing; He, Xiaosong; Liu, Chen-Yang; Chen, Ting; He, Ruo (November 2022). "Characterization of anaerobic oxidation of methane and microbial community in landfills with aeration". Environmental Research. 214 (Pt 3) 114102. Bibcode:2022ER....21414102J. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114102. ISSN 0013-9351. PMID 35973464. S2CID 251561584 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
↑ van Grinsven, Sigrid; Meier, Dimitri V.; Michel, Anja; Han, Xingguo; Schubert, Carsten J.; Lever, Mark A. (2022). "Redox Zone and Trophic State as Drivers of Methane-Oxidizing Bacterial Abundance and Community Structure in Lake Sediments". Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. Bibcode:2022FrEnS..1057358V. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.857358 . hdl: 20.500.11850/536706 . ISSN 2296-665X.
↑ Yang, Sizhong; Anthony, Sara E.; Jenrich, Maren; in 't Zandt, Michiel H.; Strauss, Jens; Overduin, Pier Paul; Grosse, Guido; Angelopoulos, Michael; Biskaborn, Boris K.; Grigoriev, Mikhail N.; Wagner, Dirk; Knoblauch, Christian; Jaeschke, Andrea; Rethemeyer, Janet; Kallmeyer, Jens (2023-03-13). "Microbial methane cycling in sediments of Arctic thermokarst lagoons". Global Change Biology. 29 (10): 2714–2731. Bibcode:2023GCBio..29.2714Y. doi:10.1111/gcb.16649. hdl: 2066/292690 . ISSN 1354-1013. PMID 36811358.

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[sciencedirect.com-1] Léa Cabrol et al: Anaerobic oxidation of methane and associated microbiome in anoxic water of Northwestern Siberian lakes. In: Science of the Total Environment Volume 736, 20 September 2020, 139588, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139588. Section 3.3

[2] "Family: Methylomirabilaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. 2023. Record number: 42183. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

[:0-3] 1 2 Ettwig, Katharina F.; Butler, Margaret K.; Le Paslier, Denis; Pelletier, Eric; Mangenot, Sophie; Kuypers, Marcel M. M.; Schreiber, Frank; Dutilh, Bas E.; Zedelius, Johannes; de Beer, Dirk; Gloerich, Jolein; Wessels, Hans J. C. T.; van Alen, Theo; Luesken, Francisca; Wu, Ming L. (March 2010). "Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria" (PDF). Nature. 464 (7288): 543–548. Bibcode:2010Natur.464..543E. doi:10.1038/nature08883. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20336137. S2CID 205220000.

[4] "silva rRNA database Browser". SILVA rRNA database. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

[5] Jiang, Lei; Chu, Yi-Xuan; Zhang, Xuan; Wang, Jing; He, Xiaosong; Liu, Chen-Yang; Chen, Ting; He, Ruo (November 2022). "Characterization of anaerobic oxidation of methane and microbial community in landfills with aeration". Environmental Research. 214 (Pt 3) 114102. Bibcode:2022ER....21414102J. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114102. ISSN 0013-9351. PMID 35973464. S2CID 251561584 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

[6] van Grinsven, Sigrid; Meier, Dimitri V.; Michel, Anja; Han, Xingguo; Schubert, Carsten J.; Lever, Mark A. (2022). "Redox Zone and Trophic State as Drivers of Methane-Oxidizing Bacterial Abundance and Community Structure in Lake Sediments". Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. Bibcode:2022FrEnS..1057358V. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.857358 . hdl: 20.500.11850/536706 . ISSN 2296-665X.

[7] Yang, Sizhong; Anthony, Sara E.; Jenrich, Maren; in 't Zandt, Michiel H.; Strauss, Jens; Overduin, Pier Paul; Grosse, Guido; Angelopoulos, Michael; Biskaborn, Boris K.; Grigoriev, Mikhail N.; Wagner, Dirk; Knoblauch, Christian; Jaeschke, Andrea; Rethemeyer, Janet; Kallmeyer, Jens (2023-03-13). "Microbial methane cycling in sediments of Arctic thermokarst lagoons". Global Change Biology. 29 (10): 2714–2731. Bibcode:2023GCBio..29.2714Y. doi:10.1111/gcb.16649. hdl: 2066/292690 . ISSN 1354-1013. PMID 36811358.

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