Name: Methanosarcina lacustris Simankova et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus’tris. N.L. masc./fem. adj. lacustris, related to a lake, inhabiting lake

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 13486; VKM B-2268; ZS

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB973355 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simankova MV, Parshina SN, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Zehnder AJ, Nozhevnikova AN. Methanosarcina lacustris sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant methanogenic archaeon from anoxic lake sediments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:362-367.

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

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Simankova MV, Parshina SN, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Zehnder AJ, Nozhevnikova AN. Methanosarcina lacustris sp. nov., a new psychrotolerant methanogenic archaeon from anoxic lake sediments. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:362-367.

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Record number: 777931