Megamonas

Megamonas
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • M. funiformis
  • "Ca. M. gallistercoris"
  • M. hypermegale
  • M. rupellensis

Megamonas is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
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. 1 2 3 Megamonas in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "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. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. 1 2 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.