Methanosphaera Explained

Methanosphaera is a genus of microbes within the family Methanobacteriaceae.^[1] It was distinguished from other genera within Methanobacteriaceae in 1985 on the basis of the oligonucleotide sequence of its 16S RNA.^[2] Like other archaea within Methanobacteriaceae, those of Methanosphaera are methanogens, but while most use formate to reduce carbon dioxide, those of Methanosphaera use hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane.^[3]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

• F. Fricke. Wolfgang. Seedorf. Henning. Henne. Anke. Kruer. Markus. Liesegang. Heiko. Hedderich. Reiner. Gottschalk. Gerhard. K. Thauer. Rudolf. The Genome Sequence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae Reveals Why This Human Intestinal Archaeon Is Restricted to Methanol and H2 for Methane Formation and ATP Synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. January 2006. 188. 2. 642–658. 10.1128/jb.188.2.642-658.2006. 16385054. 1347301.
• Miller TL . Wolin MJ . 1985 . Methanosphaera stadtmaniae gen. nov., sp. nov.: a species that forms methane by reducing methanol with hydrogen . Arch. Microbiol. . 141 . 116 - 122 . 3994486 . 10.1007/BF00423270 . 2. 35768199 .
• Lecours. Pascale Blais. Marsolais. David. Cormier. Yvon. Berberi. Marie. Hache. Chantal. Bourdages. Raymond. Duchaine. Caroline. Increased Prevalence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. PLOS ONE. February 3, 2014. 10.1371/journal.pone.0087734. 9. 2. e87734. 24498365. 3912014. 2014PLoSO...987734B. free.
• Bang. Corrina. Weidenbach. Katrin. Gutsmann. Thomas. Heine. Holger. Schmitz. Ruth. The Intestinal Archaea Methanosphaera stadtmanae and Methanobrevibacter smithii Activate Human Dendritic Cells. PLOS ONE. June 10, 2014. 9. 6. e99411. 10.1371/journal.pone.0099411. 24915454. 4051749. 2014PLoSO...999411B. free.

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanosphaera. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: David R Boone. Richard W. Castenholz. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume I: The Archaea and the Deeply Branching Phototrophic Bacteria. 2. Springer. 2001. 2016-07-24. 227. 978-1-4419-3159-7.
3. Book: Adam S. Bonin . David R. Boone . 1979 . The Order Methanobacteriales. The Prokaryotes . 3 . Springer. 978-0-387-30743-5. 231 - 243 . 10.1007/0-387-30743-5_11.