Methanogenium
{{Short description|Genus of archaea}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Methanogenium
| authority = Romesser et al. 1981
| type_species = Methanogenium cariaci
| type_species_authority = Romesser et al. 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
Methanogenium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae. The type species is Methanogenium cariaci.{{cite journal|author1=J.A. Romesser|author2=R.S. Wolfe|author3=F. Mayer|author4=E. Spiess|author5=A. Walther-Mauruschat|title=Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization ofMethanogenium cariaci sp. nov. andMethanogenium marisnigri sp. nov.|date=May 1979|journal=Archives of Microbiology|doi=10.1007/BF00689979|pages=147–153|volume=121|issue=2|s2cid=43604013}}
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. 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.{{cite book|editor1=John G. Holt|title=Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtMLzaa5ONcC&q=genus+methanogenium&pg=PA722|pages=722|date=1994|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|access-date=2016-08-02|isbn=978-0683006032}}
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN){{cite web|author=J.P. Euzéby |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methanogenium |title=Methanogenium |access-date=2021-11-17 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).{{cite web |author = Sayers |display-authors=et al.| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=2195&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Methanogenium |access-date=2022-06-05 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database}}
See also
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Further reading
- {{ cite journal | doi = 10.1099/00207713-40-2-117 | author = Maestrojuan GM |author2=Boone DR |author3=Xun LY |author4=Mah RA |display-authors=4 |author5=Zhang LF | date = 1990 | title = 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 | journal = Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. | volume = 40 | issue = 2 | pages = 117–122 | doi-access =free }}
- {{ cite journal | author = Balch WE |author2=Fox GE |author3=Magrum LJ |author4=Woses CR |display-authors=4 |author5=Wolfe RS | date = 1979 | title = Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group | journal = Microbiol. Rev. | volume = 43 | pages = 260–296 | pmid = 390357 | issue = 2 | pmc = 281474 | doi = 10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979}}
- {{ cite journal | author = Romesser JA |author2=Wolfe RS |author3=Mayer F |author4=Spiess E |display-authors=4 |author5=Walther-Mauruschat A | date = 1979 | title = Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanogenium cariaci sp. nov. and Methanogenium marisnigri sp. nov | journal = Arch. Mikrobiol. | volume = 121 |issue=2 | pages = 147–153 | doi = 10.1007/bf00689979 |s2cid=43604013 }}