Name: Methanothermobacter thermophilus (Laurinavichus et al. 1990) Boone 2002
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
Type strain: DSM 6529; M; OCM 231; VKM B-1786
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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
Name | Kind |
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"Methanothermobacter thermophilus" (Laurinavichus et al. 1990) Wasserfallen et al. 2000 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Methanobacterium thermophilum Laurinavichus et al. 1990 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
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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