Methanimicrococcus

Methanimicrococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanimicrococcus
Binomial name
Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000
Species
M. blatticola

In taxonomy, Methanimicrococcus is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae. The members of this genus have been found in pharmaceutical wastewater, and they can contribute to the degradation of organic contaminants.

Further reading

Scientific journals

• List, Editor IJSEM (2001). "Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6, of the IJSEM". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 267–268. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-267. PMID 11321069. {{cite journal}}: |first= has generic name (help)
• Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT (2000). "Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (6): 1989–1999. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-6-1989. PMID 11155972.
• 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, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.