Methylomirabilaceae Explained

Methylomirabilaceae is a family of bacteria,^[1] represented by type genus Ca. Methylomirabilis. Represented most famously by the novel methane-oxidizing bacterium Ca. Methylomirabilis oxyfera,^[2] which appears to split oxygen from nitrates, it contains several other genera not yet described.

SILVA 138.1^[3] lists 6 uncultured genera currently within the family:

• Candidatus Methylomirabilis
• MIZ14
• MIZ17
• SH765B-TzT-35
• wb1-A12
• Z114MB74

These genera are consistently described in methane-rich environments,^{[4] [5] [6]} but only species within Candidatus Methylomirabilis are confidently described as methane-oxidizers.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 . Family: Methylomirabilaceae . 2024-02-23 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature . en . Record number: 42183.
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3. Web site: silva rRNA database Browser . 2024-02-23 . SILVA rRNA database.
4. Jiang . Lei . Chu . Yi-Xuan . Zhang . Xuan . Wang . Jing . He . Xiaosong . Liu . Chen-Yang . Chen . Ting . He . Ruo . November 2022 . Characterization of anaerobic oxidation of methane and microbial community in landfills with aeration . Environmental Research . en . 214 . Pt 3 . 114102 . 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114102 . 0013-9351 . 35973464 . 2022ER....21414102J . 251561584 . Elsevier Science Direct.
5. van Grinsven . Sigrid . Meier . Dimitri V. . Michel . Anja . Han . Xingguo . Schubert . Carsten J. . Lever . Mark A. . 2022 . Redox Zone and Trophic State as Drivers of Methane-Oxidizing Bacterial Abundance and Community Structure in Lake Sediments . Frontiers in Environmental Science . 10 . 10.3389/fenvs.2022.857358 . free . 2296-665X. 20.500.11850/536706 . free .
6. Yang . Sizhong . Anthony . Sara E. . Jenrich . Maren . in 't Zandt . Michiel H. . Strauss . Jens . Overduin . Pier Paul . Grosse . Guido . Angelopoulos . Michael . Biskaborn . Boris K. . Grigoriev . Mikhail N. . Wagner . Dirk . Knoblauch . Christian . Jaeschke . Andrea . Rethemeyer . Janet . Kallmeyer . Jens . 2023-03-13 . Microbial methane cycling in sediments of Arctic thermokarst lagoons . Global Change Biology . en . 29 . 10 . 2714–2731 . 10.1111/gcb.16649 . 1354-1013 . 36811358 .