Methanocorpusculum
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| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanocorpusculaceae |
| Genus: | Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Methanocorpusculum parvum Zellner et al. 1988 | |
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Methanocorpusculum is a genus of Archaea within the family Methanocorpusculaceae.[1] The species within Methanocorpusculum were first isolated from biodisgester wastewater and activated sludge from anaerobic digestors. In nature, they live in freshwater environments. Unlike most other methanogenic archaea, they do not require high temperatures or extreme salt concentrations to live and grow.[2]
Nomenclature
The name Methanocorpusculum has Latin roots. It means bodies that produce methane.[3]
Description and metabolism
The cells of these archaea are small, irregular, and coccoid in shape. They stain Gram-negative and are not very motile. They reduce carbon dioxide to methane using hydrogen, but they can also use formate or secondary alcohols. They cannot use acetate or methylamines. They grow fastest at temperatures of 30–40 °C.[3]
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]
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See also
References
- 1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Methanocorpusculum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
- ↑ Oren, Aharon (2014-10-19). "The Family Methanocorpusculaceae". The Prokaryotes. Springer. pp. 225–230. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_314. ISBN 978-3-642-38953-5.
- 1 2 David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (1 ed.). p. 262. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6. ISBN 978-1-4419-3159-7. S2CID 41426624. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ Methanocorpusculum in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- ↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
- ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
Further reading
- Zellner G; Stackebrandt E; Messner P; Tindall BJ; et al. (1989). "Methanocorpusculaceae fam. nov., represented by Methanocorpusculum parvum, Methanocorpusculum sinense spec. nov. and Methanocorpusculum bavaricum spec. nov". Arch. Microbiol. 151 (5): 381–390. Bibcode:1989ArMic.151..381Z. doi:10.1007/BF00416595. PMID 2742452. S2CID 30670085.
- Xun L; Boone DR; Mah RA (1989). "Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization study of Methanogenium and Methanocorpusculum species, emendation of the genus Methanocorpusculum, and transfer of Methanogenium aggregans to the genus Methanocorpusculum as Methanocorpusculum aggregans comb. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39 (2): 109–111. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-2-109.
- Zellner G; Alten C; Stackebrandt E; Conway De Macario E; et al. (1987). "Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen". Arch. Microbiol. 147 (1): 13–20. Bibcode:1987ArMic.147...13Z. doi:10.1007/BF00492898. S2CID 40023103.