Name: Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus Huber et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.li.tho.tro.phi.cus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending; N.L. masc. adj. thermolithotrophicus, grows lithotrophically at elevated temperatures

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35097; DSM 2095; JCM 10549; OCM 138; SN 1

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16S rRNA gene: M59128 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber H, Thomm M, König H, Thies G, Stetter KO. Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:47-50.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus is the correct name 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.
  • Complete authorship reads: Huber, Thomm and Stetter 1984 in Huber, Thomm, König, Thies and Stetter 1982.

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

Assigned by: Huber H, Thomm M, König H, Thies G, Stetter KO. Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:47-50.

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Record number: 777856