Biology:Methanosaeta

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Short description: Genus of archaea

Methanosaeta
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Methanosaeta

Patel and Sprott 1990
Type species
Methanosaeta concilii
(Patel 1985) Patel & Sprott 1990
Species
  • M. concilii
  • M. harundinacea
  • "M. pelagica"
  • M. thermoacetophila
Synonyms

In taxonomy, Methanosaeta is a genus of microbes within Methanosaetaceae.[1] Like other species in this family, those of Methanosaeta metabolize acetate as their sole source of energy. The genus contains two species, Methanosaeta concilii, which is the type species (type strain GP6) and Methanosaeta thermophila. For a time, some scientists believed there to be a third species, Methanosaeta soehngenii, but because it has not been described from a pure culture, it is now called Methanothrix soehngenii.[2]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[6][7][8]

M. harundinacea Ma, Liu & Dong 2006

M. concilii (Patel 1985) Patel & Sprott 1990 [incl. Methanothrix soehngenii]

M. thermoacetophila corrig. (Nozhevnikova & Chudina 1988) Patel & Sprott 1990

M. harundinacea

M. concilii

M. thermoacetophila

Importance

Methanosaeta species are some of the most active methanogens in wetlands, producing an extensive amount of methane on Earth. The presence of methane is both good and bad. On one hand, methane is 20 times more effective than carbon dioxide in retaining heat—thus contributing to global warming at an increasing rate. On the other hand, methane can be used as bioenergy in an effort to move from large-scale fossil fuel usage to large-scale bioenergy usage, reducing carbon emissions. Scientists at UMass Amherst discovered that Methanosaeta have the ability to reduce carbon dioxide to methane through electrical connections with other microorganisms.[9]

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References

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Lee, J.; Hwang, B.; Koo, T.; Shin, S. G.; Kim, W.; Hwang, S. (2014). "Temporal variation in methanogen communities of four different full-scale anaerobic digesters treating food waste-recycling wastewater". Bioresource Technology 168: 59–63. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.161. PMID 24767792. 
  • Patel, G. B.; Sprott, G. D. (1990). "((Methanosaeta concilii gen. nov., sp. nov. ("Methanothrix concilii") and Methanosaeta thermoacetophila nom. rev., comb. nov.))". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 40: 79–82. doi:10.1099/00207713-40-1-79. 
  • Buchanan, R. E. (1960). "Chemical Terminology and Microbiological Nomenclature". International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 10: 16–22. doi:10.1099/0096266X-10-1-16. 

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1952733 entry