Name: Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.o’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aeolicus, Æolian, referring to the Lipari Islands near Sicily, the source of the first isolated strain

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-O-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17508; Nankai-3; OCM 812

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ195164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kendall MM, Liu Y, Sieprawska-Lupa M, Stetter KO, Whitman WB, Boone DR. Methanococcus aeolicus sp. nov., a mesophilic, methanogenic archaeon from shallow and deep marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1525-1529.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06336 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kendall MM, Liu Y, Sieprawska-Lupa M, Stetter KO, Whitman WB, Boone DR. Methanococcus aeolicus sp. nov., a mesophilic, methanogenic archaeon from shallow and deep marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1525-1529.

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Record number: 777845