Methanospirillaceae Explained

Methanospirillaceae are a family of microbes within Methanomicrobiales.^[1]

This family contains only one genus, Methanospirillum. All its species are methanogenic archaea. The cells are bar-shaped and can form long filaments. Most produce energy via the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen, but some species can also use formate as a substrate. They are Gram-negative and move using flagella on the sides of the cells. They are strictly anaerobic, and found in wetland soil and anaerobic stages of water treatment systems.^[2]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• 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.

Scientific books

• Book: Boone DR . Whitman WB . Koga Y . 2001 . Family III. Methanospirillaceae fam. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . 169 . . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanospirillaceae. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: Aharon Oren. The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 283–290. 2014-10-10. 978-3-642-38953-5. 10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_316. The Family Methanospirillaceae.