Name: Methanosarcina vacuolata Zhilina and Zavarzin 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.cu.o.la’ta. N.L. fem. adj. vacuolata, equipped with gas vacuoles

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35090; DSM 1232; OCM 85; Z-761

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16S rRNA gene: U20150 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanosarcina vacuolata sp. nov., a vacuolated Methanosarcina. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:281-283.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. Methanosarcina vacuolata sp. nov., a vacuolated Methanosarcina. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:281-283.

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Record number: 777937