Name: Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ves.ti.ga.tum. L. neut. adj. evestigatum, founded out, discovered

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1072; DSM 3721; OCM 161; Z-7303

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U20149 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophilic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanohalobium evestigatus Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988. Publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophylic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 48:1073; Methanohalobium evestigatus (sic). Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, evestigatus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075.

Parent taxon: Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanohalobium evestigatus, n. gen., n. sp. The extremely halophilic methanogenic Archaebacterium. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1987; 293:464-468.

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Record number: 777893