Genus Methylosarcina
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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).
Methylosarcina Wise et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methylosarcina fibrata Wise et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. methylum (from French méthyle, back-formation from French méthylène, coined from Gr. n. methu, wine and Gr. n. hulê, wood), the methyl group; N.L. pref. methylo-, pertaining to the methyl radical; L. fem. n. sarcina, a package, bundle, pack; N.L. fem. n. Methylosarcina, methane-utilizing bundle of cells.
Valid publication: WISE (M.G.), McARTHUR (J.V.) and SHIMKETS (L.J.): Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp. nov., novel type I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 611-621.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Methylosarcina Wise et al. 2001 emend. Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005.
Reference: KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), STOLYAR (S.M.), AUMAN (A.J.), LARA (J.C.), LIDSTROM (M.E.) and CHISTOSERDOVA (L.): Methylosarcina lacus sp. nov., a methanotroph from Lake Washington, Seattle, USA, and emended description of the genus Methylosarcina. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2345-2350.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methylosarcina fibrata Wise et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AML-C10 = ATCC 700909= DSM 13736.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF177296.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. fibrata, fibrous, covered with fibers or fibrils.
Valid publication: WISE (M.G.), McARTHUR (J.V.) and SHIMKETS (L.J.): Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp. nov., novel type I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 611-621.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: fibrata is a Latin feminine adjective (fibratus a um) not a Neo Latin feminine adjective as cited in the paper by Wise et al. 2001.
Methylosarcina lacus Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LW14 = ATCC BAA-1047 = JCM 13284.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY007296.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lacus, of a lake.
Valid publication: KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), STOLYAR (S.M.), AUMAN (A.J.), LARA (J.C.), LIDSTROM (M.E.) and CHISTOSERDOVA (L.): Methylosarcina lacus sp. nov., a methanotroph from Lake Washington, Seattle, USA, and emended description of the genus Methylosarcina. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2345-2350.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methylosarcina quisquiliarum Wise et al. 2001, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AML-D4 = ATCC 700908= DSM 13737.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF177297.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. quisquiliarum, of rubbish, trash, etc., denoting strains that were isolated from a landfill site.
Valid publication: WISE (M.G.), McARTHUR (J.V.) and SHIMKETS (L.J.): Methylosarcina fibrata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Methylosarcina quisquiliarum sp. nov., novel type I methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 611-621.
Original article in IJSEM Online