Name: Methanothermobacter wolfeii (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Methanobacterium wolfei Winter et al. 1985

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43096; DSM 2970; JCM 14652; NBRC 100332; OCM 154; VKM B-1829

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB104858 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wasserfallen A, Nolling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Macario E. Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:43-53.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Methanothermobacter wolfei corrig. (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanothermobacter wolfei corrig. (Winter et al. 1985) Wasserfallen et al. 2000	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanobacterium wolfei Winter et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 20 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The right spelling of the specific epithet should be wolfei. But Wasserfallen et al. corrected it to wolfeii (sic). — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • 🧍 Wasserfallen et al. correct the specific epithet wolfei to wolfeii (sic) and the name Methanothermobacter wolfeii is cited in the Notification List published in the March 2001 issue of the IJSEM. However, the right spelling must be wolfei. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Wasserfallen A, Nolling J, Pfister P, Reeve J, Conway de Macario E. Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:43-53.

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Record number: 777948