Name:Methylococcusthermophilus 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:
😷 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.
🧍 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.