Name: Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum Sorokin et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, thermophilic

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AMET1; DSM 28684; NBRC 110805; UNIQEM U982

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY449317 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Abbas B, Makarova KS, Rijpstra WIC, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damste JS, Galinski EA, Koonin EV, van Loosdrecht MCM. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2199-2208.

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