Genus Methanomicrobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
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).
Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981; type genus of the family ¤ Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981).
Type species: ¤ Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter and Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; N.L. neut. n. microbium (from Gr. adj. mikros, small, and Gr. n. bios, life), microbe; N.L. neut. n. Methanomicrobium, methane (-producing) small life (-form).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 6. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 215-218.
Effective publication: BALCH (W.E.), FOX (G.E.), MAGRUM (L.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol. Rev., 1979, 43, 260-296.
Validation List no. 6 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Methanomicrobium antiquum Mochimaru et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MobH=DSM 21220=NBRC 104160.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB370246.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. neut. adj. antiquum, old, ancient.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: MOCHIMARU, H., TAMAKI, H., KATAYAMA, T., IMACHI, H., SAKATA, S. and KAMAGATA, Y. 2016. Methanomicrobium antiquum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from deep sedimentary aquifers in a natural gas field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4873-4877.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter and Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BP = ATCC 35094= DSM 1539 = JCM 10551.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M59142.
Basonym: ¤ Methanobacterium mobile Paynter and Hungate 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Methanobacterium mobilis" (sic) Paynter and Hungate 1968.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. mobile, motile, movable.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 6. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 215-218.
Effective publication: BALCH (W.E.), FOX (G.E.), MAGRUM (L.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol. Rev., 1979, 43, 260-296.
Validation List no. 6 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Methanomicrobium paynteri Rivard et al. 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) G-2000 = ATCC 33997= DSM 2545 = OCM 124.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY196678.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. paynteri, of Paynter; named after M.J.B. Paynter, who first isolated a species of the genus.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 13. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 91-92.
Effective publication: RIVARD (C.J.), HENSON (J.M.), THOMAS (M.V.) and SMITH (P.H.): Isolation and characterization of Methanomicrobium paynteri sp. nov., a mesophilic methanogen isolated from marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1983, 46, 484-490.
Validation List no. 13 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Methanolacinia paynteri (Rivard et al. 1984) Zellner et al. 1990, comb. nov.