Methanomicrobiaceae

Methanomicrobiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Genera
Methanochimaera Methanoculleus Methanogenium Methanolacinia Methanomicrobium Methanoplanus Methanovulcanius
Synonyms
Methanoculleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024 Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984

Methanomicrobiaceae are a family of archaea in the order the Methanomicrobiales.

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).

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022	53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220
Methanomicrobiaceae Methanoculleus Methanogenium Methanoplanus Methanomicrobium Methanolacinia	Methanoculleaceae Methanoculleus Maestrojun et al. 1990 Methanomicrobiaceae Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 Methanomicrobium Balch & Wolfe 1981 Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 Methanolacinia Zellner et al. 1990

See also

• List of Archaea genera

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.
• Rouviere P; Mandelco L; Winker S; Woese CR (1992). "A detailed phylogeny for the Methanomicrobiales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15 (3): 363–371. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80209-2. PMID 11540078.
• 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.