Genus Methanoregula
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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).
Methanoregula Bräuer et al. 2011, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012).
Type species: ¤ Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. fem. n. regula, slat or ruler; N.L. fem. n. Methanoregula, methane-producing thin slat.
Valid publication: BRÄUER (S.L.), CADILLO-QUIROZ (H.), WARD (R.J.), YAVITT (J.B.) and ZINDER (S.H.): Methanoregula boonei gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidiphilic methanogen isolated from an acidic peat bog. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 45-52.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 6A8 = DSM 21154 = JCM 14090.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ282124.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. boonei, of Boone, to honour the pioneering work of David Boone on methanogenic archaea.
Valid publication: BRÄUER (S.L.), CADILLO-QUIROZ (H.), WARD (R.J.), YAVITT (J.B.) and ZINDER (S.H.): Methanoregula boonei gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidiphilic methanogen isolated from an acidic peat bog. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 45-52.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanoregula formicica Yashiro et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SMSP = DSM 22288 = NBRC 105244.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB479390.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. formicica, pertaining to formic acid, referring to the ability of the type strain to utilize formate.
Valid publication: YASHIRO (Y.), SAKAI (S.), EHARA (M.), MIYAZAKI (M.), YAMAGUCHI (T.) and IMACHI (H.): Methanoregula formicica sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from methanogenic sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 53-59.
Original article in IJSEM Online