Name: Methanolobus zinderi Doerfert et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zin’de.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. zinderi, of Zinder, named in honour of Stephen H. Zinder for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the microbiology and ecology of methanogenesis

Pronunciation, gender: ZIN-de-ri, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1601; DSM 21339; SD1

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16S rRNA gene: EU711413 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doerfert SN, Reichlen M, Iyer P, Wang M, Ferry JG. Methanolobus zinderi sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep subsurface coal seam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1064-1069.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Doerfert SN, Reichlen M, Iyer P, Wang M, Ferry JG. Methanolobus zinderi sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep subsurface coal seam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1064-1069.

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Record number: 787845