Name: Methanosalsum zhilinae (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone and Baker 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanohalophilus zhilinae Mathrani et al. 1988

Etymology: zhi.li’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. zhilinae, of Zhilina, named for Tatjana Zhilina, who made many definitive studies of halophilic methanogens

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 4017; OCM 62; WeN5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ224366 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boone DR, Baker CC. Genus VI Methanosalsum gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 287-289.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanohalophilus zhilinae Mathrani et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanosalsus zhilinaeae" (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002. Publication: Boone DR, Baker CC. Genus VI Methanosalsum gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 287-289.
  • 😷 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 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Methanosalsum Boone and Baker 2002

Assigned by: Boone DR, Baker CC. Genus VI Methanosalsum gen. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 287-289.

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