Name: Methanocorpusculum parvum Zellner et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par’vum. L. neut. adj. parvum, small

Pronunciation, gender: PAR-wum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43721; DSM 3823; OCM 63; XII

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16S rRNA gene: M59147 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zellner G, Alten C, Stackebrandt E, Conway de Macario E, Winter J. Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 147:13-20.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanocorpusculum aggregans (Ollivier et al. 1985) Xun et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanocorpusculum aggregans (Ollivier et al. 1985) Xun et al. 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanogenium aggregans Ollivier et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988. Publication: Zellner G, Alten C, Stackebrandt E, Conway de Macario E, Winter J. Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 147:13-20.
  • ⏲ According to Boone et al. (2001), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methanocorpusculum aggregans (Ollivier et al. 1985) Xun et al. 1989. Publication: Chong SG, Boone DR. Genus I. Methanocorpusculum Zellner, Alten, Stackebrandt, Conway de Macario and Winter 1988, 136VP (Effective publication Zellner, Alten, Stackebrandt, Conway de Macario and Winter 1987, 18) emend. Xun, Boone and Mah 1989, 110. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 262-264.
  • ⏲ According to Boone et al. (2001), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Methanogenium aggregans Ollivier et al. 1985. Publication: Chong SG, Boone DR. Genus I. Methanocorpusculum Zellner, Alten, Stackebrandt, Conway de Macario and Winter 1988, 136VP (Effective publication Zellner, Alten, Stackebrandt, Conway de Macario and Winter 1987, 18) emend. Xun, Boone and Mah 1989, 110. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 262-264.
  • ❗ Methanocorpusculum parvum 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 Methanocorpusculum.
  • 😷 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. — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanocorpusculum Zellner et al. 1988

Assigned by: Zellner G, Alten C, Stackebrandt E, Conway de Macario E, Winter J. Isolation and characterization of Methanocorpusculum parvum, gen. nov., spec. nov., a new tungsten requiring, coccoid methanogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 147:13-20.

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