Name: Methanococcus deltae Corder et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: del’tae. N.L. gen. neut. n. deltae, of/from the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35294; DSM 2771; RC; ΔRC

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16S rRNA gene: U38485 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Corder RE, Hook LA, Larkin JM, Frea JI. Isolation and characterization of two new methane-producing cocci: Methanogenium olentangyi, sp. nov., and Methanococcus deltae, sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 134:28-32.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Keswani et al. (1996), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984. Publication: Keswani J, Orkand S, Premachandran U, Mandelco L, Franklin MJ, Whitman WB. Phylogeny and taxonomy of mesophilic Methanococcus spp. and comparison of rRNA, DNA hybridization, and phenotypic methods. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:727-735.
  • ❗ Methanococcus deltae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Methanococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Corder RE, Hook LA, Larkin JM, Frea JI. Isolation and characterization of two new methane-producing cocci: Methanogenium olentangyi, sp. nov., and Methanococcus deltae, sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 134:28-32.

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Record number: 777846