Name: Methanobrevibacter millerae Rea et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mil’le.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. millerae, of Miller, named for Dr Terry Miller for her contributions to the taxonomy of methanogens, in particular the genus Methanobrevibacter

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MIL-le-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16643; OCM 820; ZA-10

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16S rRNA gene: AY196673 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rea S, Bowman JP, Popovski S, Pimm C, Wright AD. Methanobrevibacter millerae sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter olleyae sp. nov., methanogens from the ovine and bovine rumen that can utilize formate for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:450-456. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanocatella millerae" (Rea et al. 2007) 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. — 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 26 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Rea S, Bowman JP, Popovski S, Pimm C, Wright AD. Methanobrevibacter millerae sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter olleyae sp. nov., methanogens from the ovine and bovine rumen that can utilize formate for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:450-456. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 786018