Name: Methanolobus siciliae Stetter and König 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.ci.li.ae. L. gen. fem. n. siciliae, of Sicily, the place of isolation in Italy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-931; DSM 3028; OCM 156; T4/M

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U20153 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stetter KO. Genus 11. Methanolobus Konig and Stetter 1983,439“' (effective publication: Konig and Stetter 1982,488). In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2205-2207.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanosarcina siciliae (Stetter and König 1989) Ni et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanosarcina siciliae (Stetter and König 1989) Ni et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Ni and Boone 1991 Ni SS, Boone DR. Isolation and characterization of a dimethyl sulfide-degrading methanogen, Methanolobus siciliae HI350, from an oil well, characterization of M. siciliae T4/MT, and emendation of M. siciliae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:410-416.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Methanolobus siciliae 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 Methanolobus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Stetter KO. Genus 11. Methanolobus Konig and Stetter 1983,439“' (effective publication: Konig and Stetter 1982,488). In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2205-2207.

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Record number: 777906