Methanobacteriaceae

Methanobacteriaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanobacteria Boone 2002
Order:	Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956
Genera
Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981 Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985 Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000 Methylosphaera Bowman et al. 1998

In taxonomy, the Methanobacteriaceae are a family of the Methanobacteriales.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.

Methanothermobacter ?M. crinale ♠ Cheng et al. 2011 ?M. tenebrarum ♣ Nakamura et al. 2012 M. marburgensis Wasserfallen et al. 2000 M. wolfeii (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000 M. thermautotrophicus (Zeikus and Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000 (type sp.) M. defluvii (Kotelnikova et al. 1994) Boone 2002 M. thermoflexus (Kotelnikova et al. 1994) Boone 2002 M. thermophilus (Laurinavichus et al. 1990) Boone 2002 ?Methanobacterium curvum ♠ Sun et al. 2001 ?Methanobacterium espanolae Patel et al. 1990 ?Methanobacterium flexile Zhu et al. 2011 ?Methanobacterium kanagiense Kitamura et al. 2011 ?Methanobacterium movens Zhu et al. 2011 ?Methanobacterium thermaggregans Blotevogel and Fischer 1988 ?Methanobacterium uliginosum ♦ König 1985 Methanobacterium aarhusense Shlimon et al. 2004 Methanobacterium oryzae Joulian et al. 2000 Methanobacterium bryantii Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Judicial Commission 1992 Methanobacterium arcticum Shcherbakova et al. 2011 Methanobacterium ivanovii Jain et al. 1988 Methanobacterium veterum Krivushin et al. 2010   Methanobacterium M. congolense Cuzin et al. 2001 M. alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986 M. formicicum Schnellen 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Judicial Commission 1992 (type sp.) M. palustre Zellner et al. 1990 M. subterraneum Kotelnikova et al. 1998 M. ferruginis Mori and Harayama 2011 M. petrolearium Mori and Harayama 2011 Methanobacterium beijingense Ma et al. 2005   Methanosphaera M. cuniculi Biavati et al. 1990 M. stadtmanae Miller and Wolin 1985 (type sp.)   Methanobrevibacter ?M. oralis ♦ Ferrari et al. 1995 M. wolinii Miller and Lin 2002 M. olleyae Rea et al. 2007 M. ruminantium (Smith and Hungate 1958) Balch and Wolfe 1981 (type sp.) M. woesei Miller and Lin 2002 M. smithii Balch and Wolfe 1981 M. millerae Rea et al. 2007 M. gottschalkii Miller and Lin 2002 M. thaueri Miller and Lin 2002 M. acididurans Savant et al. 2002 M. arboriphilus (Zeikus and Henning 1975) Balch and Wolfe 1981 M. cuticularis Leadbetter and Breznak 1997 M. curvatus Leadbetter and Breznak 1997 M. filiformis Leadbetter et al. 1998

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)
♦ Type strain lost or not available ♣ International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology or International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSB/IJSEM) published species that are in press.

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 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928.
• 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 (Pt 2): 725–727. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. PMID 11321122.
• 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.