Species Methanobrevibacter acididurans

Name: Methanobrevibacter acididurans Savant et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di.du’rans. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. pres. part. durans, resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. acididurans, acid-resisting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-bre-wi-BAK-ter a-ki-di-DU-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATM; DSM 15163; MCM B613; OCM 804

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF242652 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Savant DV, Shouche YS, Prakash S, Ranade DR. Methanobrevibacter acididurans sp. nov., a novel methanogen from a sour anaerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1081-1087. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

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  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Savant DV, Shouche YS, Prakash S, Ranade DR. Methanobrevibacter acididurans sp. nov., a novel methanogen from a sour anaerobic digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1081-1087. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 777816