Name: Methanobrevibacter woesei Miller and Lin 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: woe’se.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. woesei, of Woese, named in honour of Carl R. Woese for his pioneering contributions to the understanding of the phylogeny of methanogens and other microorganisms

Pronunciation, gender: WO͡E-se-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 11979; GS; OCM 815

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U55237 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miller TL, Lin C. Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:819-822.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Methanocatella woesei" (Miller and Lin 2002) Protasov and Brune 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981

Assigned by: Miller TL, Lin C. Description of Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter thaueri sp. nov., Methanobrevibacter woesei sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter wolinii sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:819-822.

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Record number: 777829