In taxonomy, Methanospirillum is a genus of microbes within the family Methanospirillaceae.[1] All its species are methanogenic archaea. The cells are bar-shaped and form filaments. Most produce energy via the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen, but some species can also use formate as a substrate. They are Gram-negative and move using archaella on the sides of the cells. They are strictly anaerobic, and they are found in wetland soil and anaerobic water treatment systems.[2]

Methanospirillum
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Methanospirillum

Ferry, Smith & Wolfe 1974
Type species
Methanospirillum hungatei
corrig. Ferry, Smith & Wolfe 1974
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Phylogeny edit

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA-based LTP_01_2022[4][5][6] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 07-RS207[7][8][9]

M. lacunae Iino, Mori & Suzuki 2010

M. psychrodurum Zhou, Liu & Dong 2014

M. hungatei corrig. Ferry, Smith & Wolfe 1974

M. stamsii Parshina et al. 2014

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Sayers; et al. "Methanospirillum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. ^ Aharon Oren (2014-10-10). "The Family Methanospirillaceae". The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 283–290. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_316. ISBN 978-3-642-38953-5.
  3. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanospirillum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ "LTP_01_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 07-RS207". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ^ "ar53_r207.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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