Methanocella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Methanocella

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Methanocella Sakai et al. 2008, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Methanocellales Sakai et al. 2008; type genus of the family ¤ Methanocellaceae Sakai et al. 2008).
Type species: ¤ Methanocella paludicola Sakai et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. fem. n. cella, a room, and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Methanocella, a methane-producing cell.
Reference: SAKAI (S.), IMACHI (H.), HANADA (S.), OHASHI (A.), HARADA (H.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I', and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 929-936.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Methanocella spp. were previously known as uncultured archaeal group "rice cluster I" (RC-I).

Methanocella arvoryzae Sakai et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MRE50 = DSM 22066 = NBRC 105507.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM114193 (whole genome sequence).
Etymology: L. n. arvum, an arable field, cultivated land; L. n. oryza, rice; N.L. gen. n. arvoryzae, of a rice paddy field.
Reference: SAKAI (S.), CONRAD (R.), LIESACK (W.) and IMACHI (H.): Methanocella arvoryzae sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from rice field soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2918-2923.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanocella paludicola Sakai et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SANAE = DSM 17711 = JCM 13418 = NBRC 101707.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB196288.
Etymology: L. n. palus -udis, swamp, muddy environment; L. suff. -cola (derived from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc. n. paludicola, an inhabitant of muddy environments.
Reference: SAKAI (S.), IMACHI (H.), HANADA (S.), OHASHI (A.), HARADA (H.) and KAMAGATA (Y.): Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I', and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 929-936.
Original article in IJSEM Online