Name: Methanomicrobium antiquum Mochimaru et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ti’qu.um. L. neut. adj. antiquum, old, ancient

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21220; MobH; NBRC 104160

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB370246 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mochimaru H, Tamaki H, Katayama T, Imachi H, Sakata S, Kamagata Y. Methanomicrobium antiquum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from deep sedimentary aquifers in a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4873-4877.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Mochimaru H, Tamaki H, Katayama T, Imachi H, Sakata S, Kamagata Y. Methanomicrobium antiquum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from deep sedimentary aquifers in a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4873-4877.

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Record number: 794780