Species "Candidatus Methanoregula boonei"

Name: "Candidatus Methanoregula boonei" Bräuer et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, Candidatus

Etymology: boo’ne.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boonei, referring to Boone

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-RE-gu-la BOO-ne-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 6A8; DSM 21154; JCM 14090

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ282124 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanoregula boonei Bräuer et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Methanoregula" Bräuer et al. 2006. Publication: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194. 🇺🇸
  • ❗ "Candidatus Methanoregula boonei" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Methanoregula".
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Methanoregula" Bräuer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Brauer SL, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Yashiro E, Yavitt JB, Zinder SH. Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature 2006; 442:192-194. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 4489