Name: Methanoculleus palmolei Zellner et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: palm.o.le.i. L. fem. n. palma, palm; L. neut. n. oleum, oil; N.L. gen. neut. n. palmolei, of palm oil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 4273; INSLUZ

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16S rRNA gene: Y16382 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zellner G, Messner P, Winter J, Stackebrandt E. Methanoculleus palmolei sp. nov., an irregularly coccoid methanogen from an anaerobic digester treating wastewater of a palm oil plant in north-Sumatra, Indonesia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1111-1117.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zellner G, Messner P, Winter J, Stackebrandt E. Methanoculleus palmolei sp. nov., an irregularly coccoid methanogen from an anaerobic digester treating wastewater of a palm oil plant in north-Sumatra, Indonesia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1111-1117.

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Record number: 777872