Methanomethylovorans

Methanomethylovorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanomethylovorans Lomans et al. 2004
Type species
Methanomethylovorans hollandica Lomans et al. 2004
Species
M. hollandica M. thermophila M. uponensis "M. victoriae"

In taxonomy, Methanomethylovorans is a genus of microorganisms with the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1] This genus was first described in 1999. The species within it generally live in freshwater environments, including rice paddies, freshwater sediments and contaminated soil. They produce methane from methanol, methylamines, dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. With the exception of M. thermophila, which has an optimal growth temperature of 50 °C, these species are mesophiles and do not tend to grow at temperatures above 40 °C.[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).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[4][5][6]
Methanomethylovorans M. uponensis Cha et al. 2014 M. hollandica Lomans et al. 2004 M. thermophila Jiang et al. 2005

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. Sayers; et al. "Methanomethylovorans". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
2. B. Jiang; S. N. Parshina; W. van Doesburg; B. P. Lomans; A. J. M. Stams (November 2015). "Methanomethylovorans thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic, methylotrophic methanogen from an anaerobic reactor fed with methanol". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55 (6): 2465–2470. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63818-0. PMID 16280511.
3. J.P. Euzéby. "Methanomethylovorans". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
4. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.

Further reading

• Validation, list No 96 (2004). "Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 2): 307–308. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63178-0. PMID 15023937.
• Lomans BP; Maas R; Luderer R; Op den Camp HJM; et al. (1999). "Isolation and Characterization of Methanomethylovorans hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from Freshwater Sediment, a Methylotrophic Methanogen Able To Grow on Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65 (8): 3641–3650. Bibcode:1999ApEnM..65.3641L. doi:10.1128/AEM.65.8.3641-3650.1999. PMC 91546. PMID 10427061.
• 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 (3): 554–559. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-554. PMID 8590683.
• 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 (4): 444–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444.
• Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.