Methanospirillum
| Methanospirillum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methanospirillaceae |
| Genus: | Methanospirillum Ferry, Smith & Wolfe 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry, Smith & Wolfe 1974 | |
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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]
Phylogeny
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]
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See also
References
- 1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Methanospirillum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Methanospirillum 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
Scientific journals
- Ferry JG; Smith PH; Wolfe RS (1974). "Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatii sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 24 (4): 465–469. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-4-465.
- Rowe, A. R.; Lazar, B. J.; Morris, R. M.; Richardson, R. E. (5 September 2008). "Characterization of the Community Structure of a Dechlorinating Mixed Culture and Comparisons of Gene Expression in Planktonic and Biofloc-Associated "Dehalococcoides" and Methanospirillum Species". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74 (21): 6709–6719. Bibcode:2008ApEnM..74.6709R. doi:10.1128/AEM.00445-08. PMC 2576679. PMID 18776027.
- Rowe, Annette; Mansfeldt, Cresten; Heavner, Gretchen; Richardson, Ruth (1 January 2013). "Methanospirillum Respiratory mRNA Biomarkers Correlate with Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis Rate during Growth and Competition for Hydrogen in an Organochlorine-Respiring Mixed Culture". Environmental Science & Technology. 47 (1): 372–381. Bibcode:2013EnST...47..372R. doi:10.1021/es303061y. PMID 23153046.
- Zhou, Liguang; Liu, Xiaoli; Dong, Xiuzhu (February 2014). "Methanospirillum psychrodurum sp. nov., isolated from wetland soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Part 2): 638–41. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.057299-0. PMID 24158951.
Scientific books
- Boone DR; Whitman WB; Koga Y (2001). "Family III. Methanospirillaceae fam. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.