Methanomicrobiaceae

Methanomicrobiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanomicrobiaceae
Binomial name
Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Genera
Methanoculleus Methanofollis Methanogenium Methanolacinia Methanomicrobium Methanoplanus

In taxonomy, the Methanomicrobiaceae are a family of 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) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.

Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 emend. Spring et al. 2005 Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter and Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981 Methanoplanus petrolearius Ollivier et al. 1998 Methanolacinia paynteri (Rivard et al. 1984) Zellner et al. 1990 Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990 Methanosphaerula palustris Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2009 Methanolinea tarda Imachi et al. 2008 Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 emend. Iino et al. 2010 Methanoregula Bräuer et al. 2011 Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999 Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998 Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988 emend. Xun et al. 1989

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)

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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
• 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. 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. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.