Name: Methanothermobacter tenebrarum Nakamura et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.ne.bra’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. tenebrarum, of darkness, of a dark place, referring to the isolation source, a deep terrestrial subsurface

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23052; JCM 16532; NBRC 106236; RMAS

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB523785 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura K, Takahashi A, Mori C, Tamaki H, Mochimaru H, Nakamura K, Takamizawa K, Kamagata Y. Methanothermobacter tenebrarum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic, thermophilic methanogen isolated from gas-associated formation water of a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:715-722. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Nakamura K, Takahashi A, Mori C, Tamaki H, Mochimaru H, Nakamura K, Takamizawa K, Kamagata Y. Methanothermobacter tenebrarum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic, thermophilic methanogen isolated from gas-associated formation water of a natural gas field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:715-722. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 790473