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Methanobrevibacter

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Methanobrevibacter is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanobacteriaceae.[1] The species within Methanobrevibacter are strictly anaerobic archaea that produce methane, for the most part through the reduction of carbon dioxide via hydrogen. Most species live in the intestines of larger organisms, such as termites and are responsible for the large quantities of greenhouse gases that they produce.

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Nomenclature

The name Methanobrevibacter has Latin and Greek roots. Methanum is Latin for methane, brevi is Latin for short, and bacter is Greek for bar or rod.[2] This word typically describes these bacteria which are short, rod shaped and produce methane.

Professional publications use the abbreviations M., Mbb., and Mbr., as in M. smithii,[3] Mbb. smithii,[4] and Mbr. smithii.[5]

Phylogeny

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [6] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[7][8][9] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[10][11][12]
Methanobrevibacter

M. cuticularis Leadbetter & Breznak 1997

M. curvatus Leadbetter & Breznak 1997

M. filiformis Leadbetter & Breznak 1997

M. olleyae Rea et al. 2007

M. ruminantium (Smith & Hungate 1958) Balch & Wolfe 1981

M. smithii Balch & Wolfe 1981

M. millerae Rea et al. 2007

M. gottschalkii Miller & Lin 2002

M. thaueri Miller & Lin 2002

M. woesei Miller & Lin 2002

M. acididurans Savant et al. 2002

M. arboriphilus corrig. (Zeikus & Henning 1975) Balch & Wolfe 1981

M. boviskoreani Lee et al. 2013

M. wolinii Miller & Lin 2002

"Methanacia filiformis" (Leadbetter, Crosby & Breznak 1998) Protasov & Brune 2023

"Methanoflexus"

"Ca. M. mossambicus" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031261915]

"M. curvatus" (Leadbetter & Breznak 1997) Protasov & Brune 2023

"Methanovirga" 

"M. aequatorialis" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031282205]

"M. basalitermitum" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031284445]

"Ca. M. meridionalis" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031289325]

"M. australis" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031272765]

"Ca. M. procula" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031280375]

"Methanobinarius"

"Methanorudis spinitermitis" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_031286225]

"Methanobaculum cuticularis" (Leadbetter & Breznak 1997) Protasov & Brune 2023

"Ca. M. endosymbioticus" Protasov & Brune 2023 [GCA_003315655]

"M. arboriphilus" (Zeikus & Henning 1975) Protasov & Brune 2023

Methanobrevibacter
"Methanarmilla"

"M. boviskoreani" (Lee et al. 2013) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. wolinii" (Miller & Lin 2002) Protasov & Brune 2023

"Methanocatella"

"M. woesei" (Miller & Lin 2002) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. smithii" (Balch & Wolfe 1981) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. oralis" (Ferrari et al. 1995) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. millerae" (Rea et al. 2007) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. gottschalkii" (Miller & Lin 2002) Protasov & Brune 2023

"M. thaueri" (Miller & Lin 2002) Protasov & Brune 2023

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