Name: Methanogenium liminatans Zellner et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi.na.tans. L. masc. n. limus, sludge; L. pres. part. natans, swimming; N.L. part. adj. liminatans, swimming in sludge

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1165; DSM 4140; GKZPZ

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16S rRNA gene: Y16428 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zellner G, Sleytr UB, Messner P, Kneifel H, Winter J. Methanogenium liminatans spec. nov., a new coccoid, mesophilic methanogen able to oxidize secondary alcohols. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:287-293.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 35. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:470-471.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanofollis liminatans (Zellner et al. 1990) Zellner et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanofollis liminatans (Zellner et al. 1990) Zellner et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methanogenium liminatans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Methanogenium.
  • 😷 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981

Assigned by: Zellner G, Sleytr UB, Messner P, Kneifel H, Winter J. Methanogenium liminatans spec. nov., a new coccoid, mesophilic methanogen able to oxidize secondary alcohols. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:287-293.

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Record number: 777885