Biology:Methanobrevibacter

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Methanobrevibacter is a genus of archaea in the family Methanobacteriaceae.[1] The species within Methanobrevibacter genus are strictly anaerobic and produce methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide via hydrogen with some also able to utulize formate. Methanobrevibacter species exclusively inhabit digestive tract of various animals such as cattle, termites, and primates including humans.[2] As part of cattle gut microbiome, Methanobrevibacter species responsible for about 20% of annual methane emission to the atmosphere.[3]

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.[4] 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,[5] Mbb. smithii,[6] and Mbr. smithii.[7]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[8] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[9][10][11] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[12][13][14]
Methanobrevibacter
 
 
 

M. arboriphilicum

 
 

M. cuticularis

 
 
 
 

M. curvatus

 
 

M. filiformis

 
 
 
 
 

M. acididurans

 
 
 
 

M. boviskoreani

 
 

M. wolinii

 
 
 
 
 

M. olleyae

 
 

M. ruminantium

 
 
 
 

M. woesei

 
 
 
 

M. intestini

 
 

M. smithii

 
 
 
 

M. thaueri

 
 
 

M. gottschalkii

 
 

M. millerae

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

 
 
"Methanoflexus"
 

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

 
 

"Ca. M. mossambicus" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
"Methanovirga"
 
 

"M. aequatorialis" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 

"M. basalitermitum" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
 
 

"Ca. M. meridionalis" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
 

"M. australis" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 

"Ca. M. procula" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

"Methanorudis spinitermitis" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
 

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

 
 
"Methanobinarius"
 

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

 
 

"Ca. M. endosymbioticus" Protasov & Brune 2023

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Methanobrevibacter_A

Methanobrevibacter acididurans Savant et al. 2002

 
 
 
"Methanarmilla"
 

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

 
 

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

 
 
Methanobrevibacter
 

M. olleyae Rea et al. 2007

 
 

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

 
 
 
 
 
"Methanocatella"
 

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

 
 
 
 

Methanobrevibacter intestini Weinberger et al. 2025

 
 

"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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The GTDB tree shows named species represented in R11-RS232; accession-based placeholder species are omitted. Quoted genus names are genome-based names used by GTDB and are not validly published replacements for Methanobrevibacter under the ICNP. The suffix "_A" is a GTDB cluster identifier.

Unassigned species:

  • "Ca. M. cononymphae" Kaneko et al. 2024
  • "M. massiliense" Huynh et al. 2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 C.L. Schoch. "Methanobrevibacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=2172&lvl=3. 
  2. ↑ Protasov, Evgenii; Mies, Undine S.; Spröer, Cathrin; Bunk, Boyke; Treitli, Sebastian Cristian; Platt, Katja; Brune, Andreas (2026-05-02). "Convergent evolution of intestinal lineages in the phylum Methanobacteriota" (in en). Microbiome 14 (1): 130. doi:10.1186/s40168-026-02434-5. ISSN 2049-2618. PMID 42070045. 
  3. ↑ Saunois, Marielle; Martinez, Adrien; Poulter, Benjamin; Zhang, Zhen; Raymond, Peter A.; Regnier, Pierre; Canadell, Josep G.; Jackson, Robert B. et al. (2025-05-09). "Global Methane Budget 2000–2020" (in English). Earth System Science Data 17 (5): 1873–1958. doi:10.5194/essd-17-1873-2025. ISSN 1866-3508. Bibcode: 2025ESSD...17.1873S. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/1873/2025/. 
  4. ↑ Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2 ed.). Nueva York: Springer Science and Business Media. 2012-01-13. p. 218. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6. ISBN 978-1-4419-3159-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=3znhBwAAQBAJ&q=+%22methanobrevibacter%22&pg=PA97. Retrieved 2016-07-24. 
  5. ↑ R. Mathur; M. Amachai; K.S. Chua; J. Mirocha; G.M. Barlow; M. Pimentel (2013-03-23). "Methane and hydrogen positivity on breath test is associated with greater body mass index and body fat". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 98 (4): E698–E702. doi:10.1210/jc.2012-3144. PMID 23533244. 
  6. ↑ L.C. Skillman; P.N. Evans; C. Strömpl; K.N. Joblin (2006-03-04). "16S rDNA directed PCR primers and detection of methanogens in the bovine rumen". Lett Appl Microbiol 42 (3): 222–228. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01833.x. PMID 16478508. 
  7. ↑ Abhijit S. Dighe; Kamlesh Jangid; José M González; Vyankatesh J. Pidiyar; Milind S Patole; Dilip R. Ranade; Yogesh S. Shouche (2004-05-20). "Comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences of genus Methanobrevibacter". BMC Microbiol. 4 (1). doi:10.1186/1471-2180-4-20. PMID 15128464. Bibcode: 2004BMCMb...4...20D. 
  8. ↑ Methanobrevibacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110. 
  9. ↑ "The LTPlus". https://bioinfo.uib.es/ltp/#LTPlus. 
  10. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". https://biocom.uib.es/opucheck-backend/api/releases/07_26_04. 
  11. ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè et al. (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea" (in en). Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1. 
  12. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C. 
  13. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release232/232.0/auxillary_files/ar53_r232.sp_labels.tree. 
  14. ↑ "Taxon History". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/. 

Further reading

Scientific journals

Dighe, Abhigit S; Jangid, Kamlesh; Gonzalez, Jose M; Pidiyar, Vyankatesh J; Patole, Milind S; Ranade, Dilip R; Shouche, Yogesh S (May 5, 2004). "Comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences of genus Methanobrevibacter". BMC Microbiology 4 (1): 20. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-4-20. PMID 15128464. Bibcode: 2004BMCMb...4...20D. 

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