Methanosarcinales
| Methanosarcinales | |
|---|---|
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| Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Binomial name | |
| Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002 | |
| Families | |
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In taxonomy, the Methanosarcinales are an order of the Methanomicrobia.[1]
Large amounts of methane are produced in marine sediments but are then consumed before contacting aerobic waters or the atmosphere. Although no organism that can consume methane anaerobically has ever been isolated, biogeochemical evidence indicates that the overall process involves a transfer of electrons from methane to sulphate and is probably mediated by several organisms, including a methanogen (operating in reverse) and a sulphate-reducer (using an unknown intermediate substrate)
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Methanosarcinales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Further reading
Scientific journals
- Cavalier-Smith, T (2002). "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 1): 7–76. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. PMID 11837318.
- Cavalier-Smith, T (1986). "The kingdoms of organisms". Nature 324 (6096): 416–417. doi:10.1038/324416a0. PMID 2431320.
- Hayes, John (April 29, 1999). "Methane-consuming archaebacteria in marine sediments". Nature (London) 398 (6730): 805. doi:10.1038/19751.
Scientific books
- Boone DR; Whitman WB; Koga Y (2001). "Order III. Methanosarcinales ord. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
- Grant WD; Kamekura M; McGenity TJ; Ventosa A (2001). "Class III. Halobacteria class. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
- Garrity GM; Bell JA; Lilburn TG (2004). "Taxonomic Outline of the Prokaryotes". Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, release 4.0 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/bergeysoutline200310.
Scientific databases
- PubMed references for Methanosarcinales
- PubMed Central references for Methanosarcinales
- Google Scholar references for Methanosarcinales
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Methanosarcinales
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Methanosarcinales
- Search Species2000 page for Methanosarcinales
- MicrobeWiki page for Methanosarcinales
- LSPN page for Methanosarcinales
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