Name: Methanobrevibacter olleyae Rea et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ol’ley.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. olleyae, of Olley, named for Dr June Olley for her contributions to food microbiology

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16632; KM1H5-1P; OCM 841

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY615201 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

Risk group: 1

• 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 786019