Name: Methanosarcina soligelidi Wagner et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so.li.ge’li.di. L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); L. adj. gelidus -a -um, icy cold, very cold; N.L. gen. neut. n. soligelidi, of a icy cold soil, referring to the isolation of the type strain from permafrost-affected soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-t^ha-no-SAR-ki-na so-li-GE-li-di, feminine

Type strain: DSM 26065; JCM 18468; SMA-21

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB973359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wagner D, Schirmack J, Ganzert L, Morozova D, Mangelsdorf K. Methanosarcina soligelidi sp. nov., a desiccation- and freeze-thaw-resistant methanogenic archaeon from a Siberian permafrost-affected soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2986-2991. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Wagner et al. 2013, the type strain is cited as DSM 20065. This error has been corrected by an erratum (International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2013, 63, 3930). The correct number is DSM 26065. Publication: Wagner D, Schirmack J, Ganzert L, Morozova D, Mangelsdorf K. Erratum. Methanosarcina soligelidi sp. nov., a desiccation and freeze–thaw-resistant methanogenic archaeon from a Siberian permafrost-affected soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2013; 63:3930-3930. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Wagner D, Schirmack J, Ganzert L, Morozova D, Mangelsdorf K. Methanosarcina soligelidi sp. nov., a desiccation- and freeze-thaw-resistant methanogenic archaeon from a Siberian permafrost-affected soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2986-2991. 🇩🇪

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