Name: Methanobrevibacter thaueri Miller and Lin 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thau’e.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. thaueri, of Thauer, named in honour of Rolf K. Thauer for his fundamental contributions to the delineation of the biochemistry of methanogenesis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … T^HA͡U-e-ri, masculine

Type strain: CW; DSM 11955; DSM 11995; OCM 817

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U55236 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miller TL, Lin C. Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:819-822. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanocatella thaueri" (Miller and Lin 2002) Protasov and Brune 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 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: Miller TL, Lin C. Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:819-822. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 777828