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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Methanogenium cariaci Romesser et al. 1981
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Methanogenium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae.1 The type species is Methanogenium cariaci.2
Description and habitat
The species within Methanogenium are coccoid in shape and Gram-negatives and, like other methanogenic archaea, they produce methane from carbon dioxide, hydrogen or formate as substrates.2 Although they occasionally have flagella, they are non-motile. They are strictly anaerobic, and can be found in marine and lake sediments that lack oxygen.3
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)4 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).1
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References
References
- Sayers; et al. "Methanogenium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- J.A. Romesser; R.S. Wolfe; F. Mayer; E. Spiess; A. Walther-Mauruschat (May 1979). "Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization ofMethanogenium cariaci sp. nov. andMethanogenium marisnigri sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 121 (2): 147–153. Bibcode:1979ArMic.121..147R. doi:10.1007/BF00689979. S2CID 43604013.
- John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 978-0683006032. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- J.P. Euzéby. "Methanogenium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- "The LTP". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- "LTP_01_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- "ar53_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
Further reading
Further reading
- Maestrojuan GM; Boone DR; Xun LY; Mah RA; et al. (1990). "Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov, emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium, and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigr". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 40 (2): 117–122. doi:10.1099/00207713-40-2-117.
- 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.
- Romesser JA; Wolfe RS; Mayer F; Spiess E; et al. (1979). "Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanogenium cariaci sp. nov. and Methanogenium marisnigri sp. nov". Arch. Mikrobiol. 121 (2): 147–153. Bibcode:1979ArMic.121..147R. doi:10.1007/bf00689979. S2CID 43604013.