Name: Methanosarcina methanica (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Zymosarcina methanica" Smit 1930

Etymology: me.tha.ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. methanica, pertaining to methane

Gender: feminine

Type strain: not cultivated

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Zymosarcina methanica" Smit 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion IJSB 36:492, see also IJSB 36:357), nomen dubium et confusum. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 63. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:492.

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

Assigned by: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

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Record number: 784218