Methanoculleus is a genus of microbes within the family Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The species of the genus Methanoculleus live in marine environments brackish water, and are very common in bioreactors, landfills, and wastewater. Unlike other archaea, Methanoculleus and some species of related genera can use ethanol and some secondary alcohols as electron donors as they produce methane. This has implications as the production of methane as a greenhouse gas and consequences with respect to global climate change.[2]

Methanoculleus
Methanoculleus bourgensis strain E02.3
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Family: Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus: Methanoculleus
Maestrojun et al. 1990
Type species
Methanoculleus bourgensis
corrig. (Ollivier et al. 1986) Maestrojun et al. 1990
Species

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_06_2022[4][5][6] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]

M. taiwanensis Weng et al. 2015

M. receptaculi Cheng et al. 2008

M. palmolei Zellner et al. 1998

M. bourgensis corrig. (Ollivier et al. 1986) Maestrojun et al. 1990

M. sediminis Chen et al. 2015

M. hydrogenitrophicus Tian, Wang & Dong 2010

M. thermophilus corrig. (Rivard & Smith 1982) Maestrojuan et al. 1990

M. horonobensis Shimizu et al. 2013

M. chikugoensis Dianou et al. 2001

M. marisnigri (Romesser et al. 1981) Maestrojun et al. 1990

M. submarinus Mikucki et al. 2003

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sayers; et al. "Methanoculleus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. ^ "JGI Genome Portal, Methanoculleus". U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  3. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanoculleus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading edit