Name: Methanobrevibacter boviskoreani Lee et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.vis.ko.re.a’ni. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), cattle; N.L. masc. adj. koreanus, Korean; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. boviskoreani, of Korean cattle, in recognition of the first isolation of a ruminal methanogen from Korean native cattle

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 25824; JCM 18376; JH-1; KCTC 4102

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC608769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JH, Kumar S, Lee GH, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Yoon MH, Kim BC. Methanobrevibacter boviskoreani sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of Korean native cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4196-4201.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanarmilla boviskoreani" (Lee et al. 2013) Protasov and Brune 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Lee JH, Kumar S, Lee GH, Chang DH, Rhee MS, Yoon MH, Kim BC. Methanobrevibacter boviskoreani sp. nov., isolated from the rumen of Korean native cattle. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4196-4201.

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Record number: 791278