Name: Methanospirillum hungatei corrig. Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hun.ga’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hungatei, of Hungate, named for R. E. Hungate who has made many contributions to the ecological study of methanogenic bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27890; DSM 864; JCM 10133; NBRC 100397; OCM 16; strain JF-1

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16S rRNA gene: KM408634 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ferry JG, Smith PH, Wolfe RS. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:465-469.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanospirillum hungatii Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Iino et al. 2010 Iino T, Mori K, Suzuki K. Methanospirillum lacunae sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a puddly soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Methanospirillum and Methanospirillum hungatei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2563-2566. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ferry JG, Smith PH, Wolfe RS. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:465-469.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, hungatii (sic), has been corrected by Ferry 1989. Publication: Ferry JG. Genus II. Methanospirillum Ferry, Smith and Wolfe 1974, 469AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2193-2195.

Parent taxon: Methanospirillum Ferry et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ferry JG, Smith PH, Wolfe RS. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:465-469.

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