Name: Methanolobus oregonensis (Liu et al. 1990) Boone 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanohalophilus oregonensis corrig. Liu et al. 1990

Etymology: o.re.gon.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. oregonensis, pertaining to Oregon, named for the state in which it was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-928; DSM 5435; OCM 99; OGI 99; WAL 1; WALl

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U20152 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boone DR. Genus V. Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983, 439VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 283-287.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanohalophilus oregonensis corrig. Liu et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanohalophilus oregonense Liu et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 Boone 2002 and in Validation List 85, the strain WAL1 is cited as Wal-1. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Boone DR. Genus V. Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983, 439VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 283-287.

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