Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.230

Name

Methanosarcina acetivorans Sowers et al. 1986

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ni et al. 1994

Type Strain

representative organism

ATCC 35395^T (=DSM 2834 =C2A)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanococci Boone 2002
order Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002
family Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984
genus Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ni et al. 1994
species Methanosarcina acetivorans Sowers et al. 1986

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.16915

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methanosarcina acetivorans Sowers et al. 1986. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.230.

Source File

10.1601/tx.230.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 17, 2010.

References

Sowers KR, Baron SF, Ferry JG. Methanosarcina acetivorans sp. nov., an Acetotrophic Methane-Producing Bacterium Isolated from Marine Sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 1984; 47:971-978. [PubMed].