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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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