Methanolobus Explained

In taxonomy, Methanolobus is a genus of methanogenic archaea within the Methanosarcinaceae. These organisms are strictly anaerobes and live exclusively through the production of methane, but the species within Methanolobus cannot use carbon dioxide with hydrogen, acetate or formate, only methyl compounds. The cells are irregular coccoid in form and approximately 1 μm in diameter. They do not form endospores. They are Gram negative and only some are motile, via a single flagellum. They are found in lake and ocean sediments that lack oxygen.^{[1] [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

• Springer E . Sachs MS . Woese CR . Boone DR . 1995 . Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 45 . 554 - 559 . 8590683 . 10.1099/00207713-45-3-554 . 3. free .
• Sowers KR . Johnson JL . Ferry JG . 1984 . Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 34 . 444 - 450 . 10.1099/00207713-34-4-444 . 4 . free .
• Konig H . Stetter KO . 1982 . Isolation and characterization of Methanolobus tindarius, sp. nov., a coccoid methanogen growing only on methanol and methylamines . Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. . C3 . 478 - 490 .
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: John G. Holt. Bergey's Manual of Determinative bacteriology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 1994. 2016-08-08. 724. 0683006037.
2. Book: The Prokaryotes. Stanley Falkow. Eugene Rosenberg. Karl-Heinz Schleifer. Erko Stackebrandt. 3. 252. Springer Science and Business Media. 978-0387254937. 2016-10-10. 2016-08-08.
3. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Methanolobus . 2021-11-17 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
4. Web site: Sayers. et al.. Methanolobus . 2022-06-05 . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database.
5. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
10. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.