Name: Methanoculleus thermophilicus (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanogenium thermophilicum Rivard and Smith 1982

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-KUL-le-us t^her-mo-P^HI-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33837; CR-1; DSM 2373; OCM 174

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB065297 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maestrojuán GM, Boone DR, Xun L, Mah RA, Zhang L. Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov., emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigri. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:117-122. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Methanoculleus thermophilus corrig. (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanoculleus thermophilus corrig. (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanogenium thermophilicum Rivard and Smith 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanogenium frittonii Harris et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Spring et al. (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methanogenium frittonii Harris et al. 1996. Publication: Spring S, Schumann P, Sproer C. Methanogenium frittonii Harris et al. 1996 is a later synonym of Methanoculleus thermophilus (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuan et al. 1990. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1097-1099. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Methanoculleus Maestrojuán et al. 1990

Assigned by: Maestrojuán GM, Boone DR, Xun L, Mah RA, Zhang L. Transfer of Methanogenium bourgense, Methanogenium marisnigri, Methanogenium olentangyi, and Methanogenium thermophilicum to the genus Methanoculleus gen. nov., emendation of Methanoculleus marisnigri and Methanogenium and description of new strains of Methanoculleus bourgense and Methanoculleus marisnigri. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:117-122. 🇺🇸

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