Name: Methanofollis ethanolicus Imachi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. ethanolicus, belonging to ethanol, referring to the substrate ethanol, which can be metabolized by the species

Pronunciation, gender: e-t^ha-NO-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21041; HASU; JCM 15103; NBRC 104120

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16S rRNA gene: AB371073 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Nagai H, Yamaguchi T, Takai K. Methanofollis ethanolicus sp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing methanogen isolated from a lotus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:800-805.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14576 (N = 6).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999

Assigned by: Imachi H, Sakai S, Nagai H, Yamaguchi T, Takai K. Methanofollis ethanolicus sp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing methanogen isolated from a lotus field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:800-805.

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Record number: 787763