Name: Methylococcus thermophilus Malashenko et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: IMV-2Yu

Effective publication: Malashenko YR, Romanovskaya VA, Bogachenko VN, Stved AD. Thermophilic and thermotolerant bacteria that assimilate methane. Mikrobiologiya 1975; 44:855-862.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. 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: Methylococcus Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Malashenko YR, Romanovskaya VA, Bogachenko VN, Stved AD. Thermophilic and thermotolerant bacteria that assimilate methane. Mikrobiologiya 1975; 44:855-862.

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Record number: 784242