Megamonas

Megamonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Negativicutes
Order: Selenomonadales
Family: Selenomonadaceae
Genus: Megamonas
Shah and Collins 1983
Type species
Megamonas hypermegale
corrig. (Harrison & Hansen 1963) Shah & Collins 1983
Species[1]
  • M. funiformis
  • "Ca. M. gallistercoris"
  • M. hypermegale
  • M. rupellensis

Megamonas is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.[1][2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[3][4][5] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[6][7][8]
Megamonas

M. hypermegale corrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983

M. funiformis Sakon et al. 2008

M. rupellensis Chevrot et al. 2008

Megamonas

M. funiformis [incl. Megamonas rupellensis]

"Ca. M. gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021

M. hypermegale

References

  1. ^ a b c Megamonas 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.
  2. ^ a b Schoch CL; et al. "Megamonas". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  3. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ^ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.