Name: Methanothermobacter thermophilus (Laurinavichus et al. 1990) Boone 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanobacterium thermophilum Laurinavichus et al. 1990

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, thermophilic

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-MO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 6529; M; OCM 231; VKM B-1786

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X99048 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boone DR. Genus IV. Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen, Nölling, Pfister, Reeve and Conway de Macario 2000, 51VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 232-233.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanobacterium thermophilum Laurinavichus et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Methanothermobacter thermophilus" (Laurinavichus et al. 1990) Wasserfallen et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the page numbers of the effective publication are erroneously cited as "pp. 232-233". Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Parent taxon: Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Boone DR. Genus IV. Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen, Nölling, Pfister, Reeve and Conway de Macario 2000, 51VP. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 232-233.

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