Methanogenium Explained

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

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. 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.^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

• 10.1099/00207713-40-2-117 . Maestrojuan GM . Boone DR . Xun LY . Mah RA . 4 . Zhang LF . 1990 . Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov, emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium, and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigr . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 40 . 2 . 117 - 122 . free .
• Balch WE . Fox GE . Magrum LJ . Woses CR . 4 . Wolfe RS . 1979 . Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group . Microbiol. Rev. . 43 . 260 - 296 . 390357 . 2 . 281474 . 10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979.
• Romesser JA . Wolfe RS . Mayer F . Spiess E . 4 . Walther-Mauruschat A . 1979 . Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanogenium cariaci sp. nov. and Methanogenium marisnigri sp. nov . Arch. Mikrobiol. . 121 . 2 . 147 - 153 . 10.1007/bf00689979 . 43604013 .

Notes and References

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