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Species Methanobacterium arboriphilicum

Classification: 

Archaea Methanobacteriati Methanobacteriota Methanobacteria Methanobacteriales Methanobacteriaceae Methanobacterium Methanobacterium arboriphilicum

Name: Methanobacterium arboriphilicum corrig. Zeikus and Henning 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.bo.ri.phi’li.cum. L. fem. n. arbor (gen. arboris), tree; N.L. neut. adj. philicum, friendly; from Gr. masc. adj. philikos; N.L. neut. adj. arboriphilicum, friendly with trees, tree-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-tha-no-bak-TE-ri-um ar-bo-ri-PHI-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33747; DH1; DSM 1125; JCM 13429; OCM 147

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16S rRNA gene: AY196665 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Zeikus JG, Henning DL. Methanobacterium arbophilicum sp.nov. An obligate anaerobe isolated from wetwood of living trees. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1975; 41:543-552.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus corrig. (Zeikus and Henning 1975) Balch and Wolfe 1981

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Methanobacterium arboriphilicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Methanobacterium.
    • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-12-09.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zeikus JG, Henning DL. Methanobacterium arbophilicum sp.nov. An obligate anaerobe isolated from wetwood of living trees. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1975; 41:543-552.

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Record number: 69319

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