Name: Methanoplanus limicola Wildgruber et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. N.L. masc./fem. n. limicola, a dweller in the mud, inhabitant of a swamp

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35062; DSM 2279; M3; OCM 101

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59143 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wildgruber G, Thomm M, Stetter KO. In G. Wildgruber, M. Thomm, H. Konig, K. Ober, T. Ricchiuto, and K. O. Stetter. Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:31-36.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Göker et al. 2014 Goker M, Lu M, Fiebig A, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Tice H, Del Rio TG, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, et al. Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279^T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1076-1088. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984. Publication: Wildgruber G, Thomm M, Stetter KO. In G. Wildgruber, M. Thomm, H. Konig, K. Ober, T. Ricchiuto, and K. O. Stetter. Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:31-36.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Wildgruber; Thomm; Stetter 1984 in Wildgruber; Thomm; König; Ober; Ricchinto; Stetter 1982.

Parent taxon: Methanoplanus Wildgruber et al. 1984

Assigned by: Wildgruber G, Thomm M, Stetter KO. In G. Wildgruber, M. Thomm, H. Konig, K. Ober, T. Ricchiuto, and K. O. Stetter. Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:31-36.

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