Methanothrix

Genus Methanothrix

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Thermothrix, methane (-producing) hair.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 10. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 438-440.
Effective publication: HUSER (B.A.), WUHRMANN (K.) and ZEHNDER (A.J.B.): Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1982, 132, 1-9.
Validation List no. 10 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: See the file Some problems with the genera Methanothrix and Methanosaeta.

Methanothrix concilii Patel 1985, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GP6 = ATCC 35969= DSM 3671 = JCM 10134 = NRC 2989 = OCM 69 (OGC 69).
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: S42679 (segment 1 of 3, 159 bp), S42680 (segment 2 of 3, 194 bp), S42681 (segment 3 of 3, 186 bp).
Etymology: L. gen. n. concilii, of a council, named after the National Research Council of Canada, in whose laboratories the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-225.
Effective publication: PATEL (G.B.): Characterization and nutritional properties of Methanothrix concilii sp. nov., a mesophilic, aceticlastic methanogen. Can. J. Microbiol., 1984, 30, 1383-1396.
Validation List no. 17 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

→ ¤ Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983.
Reference: TOUZEL (J.P.), PRENSIER (G.), ROUSTAN (J.L.), THOMAS (I.), DUBOURGUIER (H.C.) and ALBAGNAC (G.): Description of a new strain of Methanothrix soehngenii and rejection of Methanothrix concilii as a synonym of Methanothrix soehngenii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 30-36.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Methanothrix concilii Patel 1985 is a later heterotypic synonym of Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983.

Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus) (rejected name).
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Opfikon = DSM 2139.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: S42880 (segment 1 of 3, 159 bp), S42668 (segment 2 of 3, 194 bp), S42673 (segment 3 of 3, 186 bp).
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. soehngenii, of Söhngen, named after N.L. Söhngen, who firts described this organism in his thesis (1906).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 10. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 438-440.
Effective publication: HUSER (B.A.), WUHRMANN (K.) and ZEHNDER (A.J.B.): Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium. Arch. Microbiol., 1982, 132, 1-9.
Validation List no. 10 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983 is an earlier synonym of ¤ Methanothrix concilii Patel 1985.

Methanothrix thermoacetophila corrig. Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-517 (pure culture not available; monoculture deposited in the culture collection of the Department of Lithotrophic Microorganisms of the Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the URSS) = DSM 4774 = VKM B-1831.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN868388.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thermê, heat; L. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermacetophila, heat- and acetate-loving.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: NOZHEVNIKOVA (A.N.) and CHUDINA (V.I.): Morphology of the thermophilic acetate bacterium Methanothrix thermoacetophila sp. nov. Mikrobiologiia, 1984, 53, 756-760.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 In validation List 25, the journal name is erroneously cited as Mikrobiol Zh (Mikrobiologicheskii Zhurnal).
2 The original spelling of the specific epithet, thermoacetophilia (sic), has been corrected in accordance with Rule 61.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 206.
Erratum in IJSEM Online
3 The species Methanothrix thermoacetophila corrig. (effective publication: Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1984, type strain: not in pure culture) appears also on the Validation List no. 31 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 25, published 8 April 1988) [2].
References:
1 Validation List no. 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497.
Validation List no. 31 in IJSEM Online
2 EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article by Euzéby and Kudo in IJSEM Online

Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992, sp. nov. (illegitimate)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PT = DSM 6194 = NBRC 101360.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB071701.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thermê, heat; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving.
Valid publication: KAMAGATA (Y.), KAWASAKI (H.), OYAIZU (H.), NAKAMURA (K.), MIKAMI (E.), ENDO (G.), KOGA (Y.) and YAMASATO (K.): Characterization of three thermophilic strains of Methanothrix ("Methanosaeta") thermophila sp. nov. and rejection of Methanothrix ("Methanosaeta") thermoacetophila. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 463-468.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 This species includes the type strain (Z-517 = DSM 4774) of Methanosaeta thermoacetophila (Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988) Patel and Sprott 1990.
2 Methanothrix thermophila Kamataga et al. 1992 and Methanothrix thermoacetophila Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988 refer to the same taxon. The consequence of this ruling is that Methanothrix thermophila is illegitimate, should be rejected and Methanothrix thermoacetophila should be retained in its place.

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Genus Methanothrix