{"response":{"status":"ok","message_type":"publication"},"id":5000,"citation":"Protasov et al., 2026, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology","doi":"10.1099/ijsem.0.007286","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/publications/5000.json","link_ext":"https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.007286","title":"Taxonomic revision of the genus Methanobrevibacter, description of Methanomonile shimae gen. nov. sp. nov., and proposal of Methanobrevibacteraceae fam. nov","journal":"International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology","journal_loc":"76 (9)","journal_date":"2026-09-17","pub_type":"journal-article","abstract":"\u003cjats:p\u003e\n                    Recent phylogenomic analyses revealed that the genus\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobrevibacter\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    , which consists almost exclusively of representatives from the intestinal tract of animals, is severely underclassified. Based on the large relative evolutionary divergence between individual subclades, members of the genus\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobrevibacter\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    have been reclassified into eight novel genera as new combinations proposed under the rules of the Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data. Here, we validly publish the new names for all taxa with type strains also under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. This includes members of the genera\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanacia\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    ,\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobaculum\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    ,\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobinarius\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    ,\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanocatella\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    and\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanoflexus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    . Moreover, we propose to place\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobrevibacter acididurans\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    , whose genome was only recently sequenced, in the new genus\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobotrus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    and describe a new isolate from the gut of a cockroach as\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanomonile shimae\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    gen. nov. sp. nov. Based on the large evolutionary distance from the remaining members of\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobacteriaceae\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    , we propose to reclassify all genera within the radiation of\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobrevibacter sensu lato\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    into their own family,\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobrevibacteraceae\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    fam. nov. In addition, we reclassify\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanothermobacter tenebrarum\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    as\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanothermobaculum tenebrarum\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    gen. nov. comb. nov. into a new family,\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanothermobaculaceae\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    (\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobacteriales\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    ) and provide emended descriptions for the phylum\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobacteriota\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    and the classes\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanobacteria\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    and\n                    \u003cjats:italic\u003eMethanococci\u003c/jats:italic\u003e\n                    .\n                  \u003c/jats:p\u003e","long_citation_html":"Protasov et al. 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Taxonomic revision of the genus Methanobrevibacter, description of Methanomonile shimae gen. nov. sp. nov., and proposal of Methanobrevibacteraceae fam. nov.\n\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology\u003c/i\u003e.\n\u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.007286\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.007286\u003c/a\u003e\n","created_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.611Z","updated_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.611Z","authors":[{"id":13122,"given":"Evgenii","family":"Protasov","created_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.440Z","updated_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.440Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/13122.json"},{"id":20145,"given":"Mayara","family":"Shiratori","created_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.630Z","updated_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.630Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/20145.json"},{"id":13125,"given":"Undine S.","family":"Mies","created_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.480Z","updated_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.480Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/13125.json"},{"id":20146,"given":"Joana","family":"Kästle Silva","created_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.651Z","updated_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.651Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/20146.json"},{"id":20147,"given":"Thomas","family":"Heimerl","created_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.663Z","updated_at":"2026-11-12T14:10:42.663Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/20147.json"},{"id":13129,"given":"Katja","family":"Platt","created_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.525Z","updated_at":"2023-12-06T11:07:49.525Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/13129.json"},{"id":10755,"given":"Takashi","family":"Itoh","created_at":"2022-09-24T12:56:13.274Z","updated_at":"2022-09-24T12:56:13.274Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/10755.json"},{"id":103,"given":"Moriya","family":"Ohkuma","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:45:43.119Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:45:43.119Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/103.json"},{"id":4325,"given":"Stefan","family":"Spring","created_at":"2019-04-15T19:26:23.511Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T19:26:23.511Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/4325.json"},{"id":4832,"given":"Aharon","family":"Oren","created_at":"2019-04-15T19:27:56.944Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T19:27:56.944Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/4832.json"},{"id":86,"given":"Andreas","family":"Brune","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:45:42.888Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:45:42.888Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/86.json"}],"names":[{"id":58063,"name":"Methanobrevibacteraceae","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/names/58063.json","uri":"https://seqco.de/i:58063"}],"subjects":[]}