Methanococcus

Methanococcus est un genre d'archées méthanogènes de la famille des Methanococcaceae. Ce sont des cocci irréguliers et mobiles, anaérobies et mésophiles.

Methanococcus
Classification
Règne Archaea
Embranchement Euryarchaeota
Classe Methanococci
Ordre Methanococcales
Famille Methanococcaceae

Genre

Methanococcus
Kluyver & van Niel, 1936, emend. Barker, 1936 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. cons., emend. Mah & Kuhn, 1984[1]

Espèces de rang inférieur

  • Methanococcus aeolicus
  • Methanococcus maripaludis
  • Methanococcus vannielii
  • Methanococcus voltae

Notes et références

  1. (en) Référence NCBI : Methanococcus
  • (en) Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, « The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79 », Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., vol. 55, no Pt 1, , p. 517–518. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0 PMID 15653928
  • (en) Jeanthon C, L'Haridon S, Pradel N, Prieur D, « Rapid identification of hyperthermophilic methanococci isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 49, , p. 591–594. DOI:10.1099/00207713-49-2-591 PMID 10319480
  • (en) Keswani J, Orkand S, Premachandran U, Mandelco L, Franklin MJ, Whitman WB, « Phylogeny and taxonomy of mesophilic Methanococcus spp. and comparison of rRNA, DNA hybridization, and phenotypic methods », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 46, no 3, , p. 727–735. DOI:10.1099/00207713-46-3-727 PMID 8782682
  • (en) LG Wayne, « Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in1983 and 1984 », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 36, , p. 357–358. DOI:10.1099/00207713-36-2-357
  • (en) Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, « Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina as Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984 and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved Lists, 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984 with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved Lists, 1980) as the type species », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 36, , p. 491. DOI:10.1099/00207713-36-3-491
  • (en) Mah RA, Kuhn DA, « Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved Lists, 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved Lists, 1980) as the type species. Request for an opinion », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 34, , p. 263–265. DOI:10.1099/00207713-34-2-263
  • (en) Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS, « Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group », Microbiol. Rev., vol. 43, no 2, , p. 260–296 (PMCID 281474). PMID 390357
  • (en) Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB, « Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria », Zentralbl. Bakterol. Parasitenkd. Infectinskr. Hyg., Abt. II, vol. 94, , p. 369–403.

Liens taxinomiques :

  • Portail de la microbiologie
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