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Species Methanobacterium subterraneum
Name: Methanobacterium subterraneum Kotelnikova et al. 1998
Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.um. L. neut. adj. subterraneum, underground, below the earth/soil surface
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sup-ter-RA-ne-um, neuter
Type strain: A8p; ATCC 700657; DSM 11074
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16S rRNA gene:
X99044
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Kotelnikova S, Macario AJ, Pedersen K. Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, eurythermic and halotolerant methanogen isolated from deep granitic groundwater. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:357-367. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 Misprinted "subterranium" in the notification list.
Publication:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
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🧍 On the contents of the April 1998 issue of the Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., this nomenclatural name is erroneously cited as Methanobacterium subterranium (sic).
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
Parent taxon: Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kotelnikova S, Macario AJ, Pedersen K. Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, eurythermic and halotolerant methanogen isolated from deep granitic groundwater. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:357-367. 🇸🇪
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Record number: 777802
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