Name: Methanolobus vulcani Stetter et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ca’ni. N.L. gen. masc. n. vulcani, of Vulcanus (Vulcan), the god after whom Vulcano Island was named (Insula Vulcani)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-932; DSM 3029; OCM 157; PL-12/M

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U20155 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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Kadam and Boone 1995 Kadam PC, Boone DR. Physiological characterization and emended description of Methanolobus vulcani. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:400-402. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.
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• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 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: 777909