Methanoregula Explained

In the taxonomy of microorganisms, Candidatus Methanoregula is a genus of the 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

Further reading

• Brauer SL . Cadillo-Quiroz H . Yashiro E . Yavitt JB . 4 . Zinder SH . 2006 . Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog . Nature . 442 . 192 - 194 . 16699521 . 10.1038/nature04810 . 7099. 2006Natur.442..192B . 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 . 517 - 518 . 15653928 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. free .
• 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 . 725 - 727 . 11321122 . Pt 2 . 10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. free .
• Rouviere P . Mandelco L . Winker S . Woese CR . 1992 . A detailed phylogeny for the Methanomicrobiales . Syst. Appl. Microbiol. . 15 . 363 - 371 . 11540078 . 3 . 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80209-2.
• 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.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Candidatus Methanoregula. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Brauer SL . Cadillo-Quiroz H . Yashiro E . Yavitt JB . 4 . Zinder SH . 2006 . Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog . Nature . 442 . 192 - 194 . 16699521 . 10.1038/nature04810 . 7099. 2006Natur.442..192B . 4423901 .