Name: "Methylothermus subterraneus" Hirayama et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, under the earth, indicating the first isolation source

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 19750; HTM55; JCM 13664

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16S rRNA gene: AB536747 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hirayama H, Suzuki Y, Abe M, Miyazaki M, Makita H, Inagaki F, Uematsu K, Takai K. Methylothermus subterraneus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic methanotroph isolated from a terrestrial subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2646-2653.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published: Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2011 is not validly published because the genus Methylothermus Tsubota et al. 2005 is not validly published. Publication: Tsubota J, Eshinimaev BTs, Khmelenina VN, Trotsenko YA. Methylothermus thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic obligate methanotroph from a hot spring in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1877-1884.
  • 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. It was denied because an equivalent action compatible with the Code had been conducted in the meantime. Publication: Boden R, Oren A. Proposal to designate Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2011 as the type species of the genus Methylothermus. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3685.

Parent taxon: "Methylothermus" Tsubota et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hirayama H, Suzuki Y, Abe M, Miyazaki M, Makita H, Inagaki F, Uematsu K, Takai K. Methylothermus subterraneus sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic methanotroph isolated from a terrestrial subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2646-2653.

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Record number: 4575