Methanogenium

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Methanogenium
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Family: Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus: Methanogenium
Species
  • M. boonei
  • M. cariaci
  • M. frigidum
  • M. marinum
  • M. organophilum
  • M. sp. AK-8
  • uncultured Methanogenium sp.
  • uncultured archaeon SCALE-14
  • uncultured archaeon ACE1_A
Synonyms
  • Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981 emend. Maestrojun et al. 1990

In taxonomy, Methanogenium is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanogenium. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

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[edit] Scientific journals

  • Maestrojuan GM, Boone DR, Xun LY, Mah RA, Zhang LF (1990). "Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov, emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium, and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigr". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 40: 117–122. 
  • Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43: 260–296. PMID 390357. 
  • Romesser JA, Wolfe RS, Mayer F, Spiess E, Walther-Mauruschat A (1979). "Methanogenium, a new genus of marine methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanogenium cariaci sp. nov. and Methanogenium marisnigri sp. nov". Arch. Mikrobiol. 121: 147–153. 

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