Name: Methanimicrococcus blatticola corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: blat.ti’co.la. L. fem. n. blatta, cockroach; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. blatticola, inhabitant of the cockroach

Pronunciation, gender: blat-TI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-276; DSM 13328; PA

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ238002 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanomicrococcus blatticola Sprenger et al. 2000	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000. Publication: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Original spelling Methanomicrococcus (sic) blatticola has been corrected by the list editor, see: IJSEM 51, 267-268 (2001). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Methanomicrococcus (sic) blatticola, has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Parent taxon: Methanimicrococcus corrig. Sprenger et al. 2000

Assigned by: Sprenger WW, van Belzen MC, Rosenberg J, Hackstein JH, Keltjens JT. Methanomicrococcus blatticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanol- and methylamine-reducing methanogen from the hindgut of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1989-1999.

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