Name: Methanobrevibacter wolinii Miller and Lin 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wo.lin’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wolinii, of Wolin, named in honour of Meyer J. Wolin for his singular contributions to the physiological understanding of the role of methanogens and interspecies hydrogen transfer in anaerobic habitats

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1170; DSM 11976; OCM 814; SH

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U55240 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanarmilla wolinii" (Miller and Lin 2002) 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 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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: 777830