Name: Methanofollis tationis (Zabel et al. 1986) Zellner et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanogenium tationis corrig. Zabel et al. 1986

Etymology: ta.tio’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. tationis, of Tatio, to indicate the source of the sample used for isolation (Mount Tatio, Chile)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1078; DSM 2702; OCM 159

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF095272 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zellner G, Boone DR, Keswani J, Whitman WB, Woese CR, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:247-255.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanogenium tationis corrig. Zabel et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanogenium tatii Zabel et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999. Publication: Zellner G, Boone DR, Keswani J, Whitman WB, Woese CR, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:247-255.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Zellner et al. 1999, the type strain OCM 159 is cited as OCM 43. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methanofollis Zellner et al. 1999

Assigned by: Zellner G, Boone DR, Keswani J, Whitman WB, Woese CR, Hagelstein A, Tindall BJ, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Methanogenium tationis and Methanogenium liminatans as Methanofollis tationis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Methanofollis liminatans comb. nov. and description of a new strain of Methanofollis liminatans. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:247-255.

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