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

Pronunciation, gender: … palm-O-le-i, 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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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