Name: Methanosarcina siciliae (Stetter and König 1989) Ni et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanolobus siciliae Stetter and König 1989

Etymology: si.ci.li.ae. L. gen. fem. n. siciliae, of Sicily, the place of isolation in Italy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-931; DSM 3028; OCM 156; T4/M

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U20153 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ni S, Woese CR, Aldrich HC, Boone DR. Transfer of Methanolobus siciliae to the genus Methanosarcina, naming it Methanosarcina siciliae, and emendation of the genus Methanosarcina. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:357-359.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanolobus siciliae Stetter and König 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Elberson and Sowers 1997 Elberson MA, Sowers KR. Isolation of an aceticlastic strain of Methanosarcina siciliae from marine canyon sediments and emendation of the species description for Methanosarcina siciliae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1258-1261.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11226 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Ni S, Woese CR, Aldrich HC, Boone DR. Transfer of Methanolobus siciliae to the genus Methanosarcina, naming it Methanosarcina siciliae, and emendation of the genus Methanosarcina. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:357-359.

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Record number: 777934