Genus Methanolinea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Methanolinea Imachi et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methanolinea tarda Imachi et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. fem. n. linea, line; N.L. fem. n. Methanolinea, a methane-producing, line-shaped morphotype.
Valid publication: IMACHI (H.), SAKAI (S.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), HANADA (S.), KAMAGATA (Y.), OHASHI (A.) and HARADA (H.): Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 294-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanolinea mesophila Sakai et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TNR = DSM 23604 = NBRC 105659.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB447467.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, medium; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), loving; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic.
Valid publication: SAKAI (S.), EHARA (M.), TSENG (I.C.), YAMAGUCHI (T.), BRÄUER (S.L.), CADILLO-QUIROZ (H.), ZINDER (S.H.) and IMACHI (H.): Methanolinea mesophila sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil, and proposal of the archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62,1389-1395.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanolinea tarda Imachi et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NOBI-1 = DSM 16494 = JCM 12467 = NBRC 102358.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB162774.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. tarda, slow, referring to its slow growth.
Valid publication: IMACHI (H.), SAKAI (S.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), HANADA (S.), KAMAGATA (Y.), OHASHI (A.) and HARADA (H.): Methanolinea tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 294-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online