Genus Methanoplanus
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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).
Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 (complete authorship reads: Wildgruber, Thomm and Stetter), gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984).
Type species: ¤ Methanoplanus limicola Wildgruber et al. 1984.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. masc. adj. planus, flat, plane; N.L. masc. n. Methanoplanus, the methane (-producing) plate.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 14. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 270-271.
Effective publication: WILDGRUBER (G.), THOMM (M.) KÖNIG (H.), OBER (K.), RICCHIUTO (T.) and STETTER (K.O.): Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae. Arch. Microbiol., 1982, 132, 31-36.
Validation List no. 14 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: Initial 16S rRNA-DNA hybridization experiments indicated that Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 should be placed as a separate family, the ¤ Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984, within the order ¤ Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981. However, later 16S rRNA sequence comparisons indicated that Methanoplanus species are closely related to members of the genera ¤ Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981, ¤ Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981, and ¤ Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990, which all belong to the family ¤ Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981. Therefore, the genus ¤ Methanoplanus should be placed within this family and the family ¤ Methanoplanaceae Wildgruber et al. 1984 should no longer be recognized.
Reference: HUBER (H.), HUBER (G.) and STETTER (K.O.): Genus VI. Methanoplanus Wildgruber, Thomm and Stetter 1984, 270VP (Effective publication: Wildgruber, Thomm and Stetter in Wildgruber, Thomm, König, Ober, Ricchiuto and Stetter 1982, 36). In: D.R. BOONE, R.W. CASTENHOLZ and G.M. GARRITY (editors): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, pp. 259-261.
→ Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984 emend. Göker et al. 2015.
Reference: GÖKER, M., LU, M., FIEBIG, A., NOLAN, M., LAPIDUS, A., TICE, H., DEL RIO, T. G., CHENG, J. F., HAN, C., TAPIA, R., GOODWIN, L. A., PITLUCK, S., LIOLIOS, K., MAVROMATIS, K., PAGANI, I., IVANOVA, N., MIKHAILOVA, N., PATI, A., CHEN, A., PALANIAPPAN, K., LAND, M., MAYILRAJ, S., ROHDE, M., DETTER, J. C., BUNK, B., SPRING, S., WIRTH, R., WOYKE, T., BRISTOW, J., EISEN, J. A., MARKOWITZ, V., HUGENHOLTZ, P., KYRPIDES, N. C. and KLENK, H.-P. 2015. Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia.
Original article.
Methanoplanus endosymbiosus van Bruggen et al. 1986, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MC1 = DSM 3599.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR733674.
Etymology: Gr. adv. endos, inside; N.L. masc. adj. symbiosus (from. Gr. adj. sumbios, living together), living together; N.L. masc. adj. endosymbiosus, living symbiotically inside of another organism.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 22. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 573-576.
Effective publication: VAN BRUGGEN (J.J.A.), ZWART (K.B.), HERMANS (J.G.F.), VAN HOVE (E.M.), STUMM (C.K.) and VOGELS (G.D.): Isolation and characterization of Methanoplanus endosymbiosus sp. nov., an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus Quennerstedt. Arch. Microbiol., 1986, 144, 367-374.
Validation List no. 22 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Methanoplanus limicola Wildgruber et al. 1984 (complete authorship reads: Wildgruber, Thomm and Stetter), sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M3 = ATCC 35062= DSM 2279 = OCM 101.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M59143.
Etymology: L. masc. n. limicola, a dweller in the mud, inhabitant of a swamp.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 14. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 270-271.
Effective publication: WILDGRUBER (G.), THOMM (M.) KÖNIG (H.), OBER (K.), RICCHIUTO (T.) and STETTER (K.O.): Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae. Arch. Microbiol., 1982, 132, 31-36.
Validation List no. 14 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Methanoplanus petrolearius Ollivier et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SEBR 4847 = DSM 11571 = OCM 486.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002117 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. n. petra, rock; L. masc. adj. olearius, related to oil; N.L. masc. adj. petrolearius, related to mineral oil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 67. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1083-1084.
Effective publication: OLLIVIER (B.), CAYOL (J.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), MAGOT (M.), FARDEAU (M.L.) and GARCIA (J.L.): Methanoplanus petrolearius sp. nov., a novel methanogenic bacterium from an oil-producing well. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1997, 147, 51-56.
Validation List no. 67 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Methanolacinia petrolearia (Ollivier et al. 1997) Göker et al. 2015, comb. nov.