Name: Methanothrix thermoacetophilia Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 4774; VKM B-1831; Z-517

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16S rRNA gene: LN868388 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nozhevnikova AN, Chudina VI. Morphology of the thermophilic acetate bacterium Methanothrix thermoacetophila sp. nov. Mikrobiologiia 1984; 53:756-760.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Methanothrix thermoacetophila corrig. Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    Methanosaeta thermoacetophila (Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988) Patel and Sprott 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Methanothrix thermoacetophila corrig. Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Methanosaeta thermophila (Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Garrity et al. (2011), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methanosaeta thermophila (Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.
  • ⏰ According to Garrity et al. (2011), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Methanothrix thermophila Kamagata et al. 1992. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Methanothrix Huser et al. 1983

Assigned by: Nozhevnikova AN, Chudina VI. Morphology of the thermophilic acetate bacterium Methanothrix thermoacetophila sp. nov. Mikrobiologiia 1984; 53:756-760.

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