Megamonas

Megamonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010
Order:	Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010
Family:	Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 emend. Marchandin et al. 2010
Genus:	Megamonas Shah and Collins 1983
Species
Megamonas funiformis Sakon et al. 2008 Megamonas hypermegale (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983 Megamonas rupellensis Chevrot et al. 2008

Megamonas is a genus of Firmicutes bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.^{[1] [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)^[4] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project ^[5]

	M. hypermegale (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983 (type sp.) M. funiformis Sakon et al. 2008 M. rupellensis Chevrot et al. 2008

References

1. See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from J.P. Euzéby. "Negativicutes". Retrieved 2011-11-17.
2. See the NCBI webpage on Negativicutes Data extracted from Sayers; et al. "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
3. J.P. Euzéby. "Megamonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2013-03-20.
4. Sayers; et al. "Megamonas". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
5. All-Species Living Tree Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.