Name: Methanosaeta harundinacea Ma et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.run.di.na’ce.a. L. fem. adj. harundinacea, like a reed, referring to the cell shape of a reed stem

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 8Ac; CGMCC 1.5026; DSM 17206; JCM 13211

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16S rRNA gene: AY817738 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ma K, Liu X, Dong X. Methanosaeta harundinacea sp. nov., a novel acetate-scavenging methanogen isolated from a UASB reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:127-131.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methanothrix harundinacea (Ma et al. 2006) Akinyemi et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanothrix harundinacea (Ma et al. 2006) Akinyemi et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 23 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also the file Some problems with the genera Methanothrix and Methanosaeta. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 Methanosaeta harundinacea Ma et al. 2006 is illegitimate, because the genus name is illegitimate. According to the Judicial Commission, all species in the genus Methanosaeta should be transferred to the genus Methanothrix. However, no formal decision was taken to propose a new combination. Publication: Huser BA, Wuhrmann K, Zehnder AJB. Methanothrix soehngenii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new acetotrophic non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 132:1-9.

Parent taxon: Methanosaeta Patel and Sprott 1990

Assigned by: Ma K, Liu X, Dong X. Methanosaeta harundinacea sp. nov., a novel acetate-scavenging methanogen isolated from a UASB reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:127-131.

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