Name: Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus (Zeikus and Henning 1975) Balch and Wolfe 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanobacterium arbophilicum Zeikus and Henning 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY196665 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus corrig. (Zeikus and Henning 1975) Balch and Wolfe 1981	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanobinarius arboriphilus" (Zeikus and Henning 1975) Protasov and Brune 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Methanobacterium arbophilicum Zeikus and Henning 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS. Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group. Microbiol Rev 1979; 43:260-296.

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Record number: 777818