×
Help ensuring the future of LPSN

Please sign and share this petition for a safe future of prokaryotic nomenclature and LPSN.


Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Methanococcus thermophila"

Name: "Methanococcus thermophila" Howell and White 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.phi’la. N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, hot loving

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Howell DM, White RH. D-erythro-neopterin biosynthesis in the methanogenic archaea Methanococcus thermophila and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5165-5170.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Howell DM, White RH. D-erythro-neopterin biosynthesis in the methanogenic archaea Methanococcus thermophila and Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5165-5170.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/methanococcus-thermophilaLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 9392
This LPSN page was printed on 2024-12-02 16:07:37