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)

Pronunciation, gender: WUL-ka-ni, 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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